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.
Troy is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,962 at the 2000 census. It is situated at the base of Mount Monadnock. The town center village is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Troy Village Historic District.