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.
Yarmouth Port is a census-designated place (CDP) in the towns of Yarmouth and Dennis in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,395 at the 2000 census. Yarmouth had 5,380 persons, while Dennis had only 15 persons. Yarmouth Port was home to the original Christmas Tree Shops, until its closing in 2007.