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.
Grantham is a town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,167 at the 2000 census, an increase of 920 from the 1990 census. This made Grantham the fastest growing town in Sullivan County between the 1990 and 2000 censuses.