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.
Middlesex is a town in Yates County, New York, USA. The population was 1,345 at the 2000 census. The name comes from a location in England. The Town of Middlesex is on the northwest corner of the county and is south of Canandaigua, NY.