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.
Osseo is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,434 at the 2000 census. U.S. Route 169, County Road 81, and Central Avenue / Old Jefferson Highway are three of the main arterial routes in the community.