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.
Plainfield is a town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. Plainfield includes the village of Meriden, home to Kimball Union Academy, a private preparatory school. The town is home to the Helen Woodruff Smith Bird Sanctuary and Annie Duncan State Forest.