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.
Durham is an unincorporated community in southern Lewis County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Route 6 about ten miles southwest of La Grange. The community was founded in 1876 and is named after a railroadman of that name. Durham is part of the Quincy, IL–MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.