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.
Farmington is a town in and the county seat of Franklin County, Maine, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 7,410. Farmington is home to the University of Maine at Farmington, the Ski Museum of Maine, and the annual Farmington Fair.