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.
Henniker is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 4,433. Henniker is home to New England College, Ames State Forest and Craney Hill State Forest. The town includes the villages of Henniker, where over 36% of the population resides, and West Henniker.