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.
Fredericksburg is a town in Posey Township, Washington County, Indiana, United States. The population was 92 at the 2000 census. The area was first settled in 1805 and the town was founded in 1815, and named after Frederick Royse, a founding father.