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.
Champlin is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 22,193 at the 2000 census. It was once named chepaquepa, which roughly means "Land of the Bitner People". U.S. Route 169 serves as a main arterial route in the city.