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.
Cottonwood Falls is the largest city and county seat of Chase County, Kansas. The population was 966 at the 2000 census, and it was estimated to be 955 in the year 2006. It is part of the Emporia Micropolitan Statistical Area.