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.
Wampsville is a village located inside the Town of Lenox in Madison County, New York. The population was 561 as of the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Madison County. The Village of Wampsville is in the northern part of the county and near the eastern town line of Lenox.