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.
Barnegat is a census-designated place (CDP) within Barnegat Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. The population was 1,690 as of the 2000 census. One of the last battles of the American Revolutionary War took place here.