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.
Inman is a city in McPherson County, Kansas, United States. The population was 1,142 at the 2000 census. It was founded in 1887 as Aiken. It was renamed Inman, in 1889, after Inman Lake which is located approximately 4 miles (6 km) east of the town. The lake was named after its initial surveyor, Major Henry Inman.