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.
Epps is a village in West Carroll Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,153 at the 2000 census. The Poverty Point National Monument is located nearby. Louisiana state trial and appellate Judge Henry L. Yelverton was reared on a farm near Epps.