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.
Eldridge is a city in Scott County, Iowa, United States. The population was 4,159 at the 2000 census; a special census conducted by the city in 2004 counted 4,807 residents. Eldridge is a part of the Quad Cities metropolitan area.