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.
Pitcher is a town in Chenango County, New York, United States. The population was 848 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Nathaniel Pitcher, a Lt. Governor of New York. The Town of Pitcher is on the west border of Chenango County, west of the City of Norwich.