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.
Parlin is an unincorporated area in Old Bridge and Sayreville in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08859. As of the United States Census, 2000, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 08859 was 20,129.