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.
Syosset is a hamlet in Nassau County, New York, in the northeast corner of Town of Oyster Bay. It is a designated hamlet located on the North Shore of Long Island. The population was 18,544 at the 2000 census. It is served by the Syosset railroad station.