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.
Archer is an unincorporated community in northwestern Merrick County, Nebraska, United States. It lies along local roads south of Nebraska Highway 92, northwest of the city of Central City, the county seat of Merrick County. Its elevation is 1,742 feet (531 m), and it is located at 41°9′55″N 98°8′9″W / 41.16528°N 98.13583°W / 41.16528; -98.13583 (41.1652914, -98.1358939). The community is named for Robert T. Archer. Although Archer is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 68816.