Antitrust and Trade Regulation laws aim to promote free competition in the marketplace. Agreements or cooperative efforts by two or more entities that affects or restrains competitors is illegal under these laws. The Sherman Act makes illegal any contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce and makes monopolies and attempts, combinations, or conspiracies to monopolize illegal. The Clayton Act regulate price discrimination, tying and exclusive dealing contracts, stock acquisition and interlocking directorates.
Monroe Center is a village in Ogle County, Illinois, is located southeast of Rockford in Monroe Township. It is located on the Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad and on Illinois Route 72, about 1 mile east of Exit 111 from Interstate 39. The village had an estimated population of 500 in 2007.