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.
Rush is an unincorporated community in Boyd and Carter Counties in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2000 census, the community had a total population of 2,755 within its postal zip code. The Boyd County portion of Rush is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 288,649. The reason this community was given the name Rush is unknown. It is located along US 60 and also nearby I-64.