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.
Clarkson is a town in Monroe County, New York, USA. The population was 6,072 at the 2000 census. The town is named after General Matthew Clarkson. The Town of Clarkson is on the west border of the county and is west of the City of Rochester.