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.
Tipton is a city in and the county seat of Tipton County, Indiana, United States. The population was 5,337 at the 2006 census. It is part of the 'Kokomo, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area . It was named after John Tipton, a politician.