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.
Star Lake is a hamlet in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 860 at the 2000 census. Star Lake is in the Town of Clifton, but part of the community is in the Town of Fine. The community is located east of a very angular-shaped lake, also called Star Lake.