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.
West Burlington is a hamlet in the western part of the Town of Burlington in Otsego County, New York. It is located at 42°42′27″N 75°11′16″W / 42.7075°N 75.1877°W / 42.7075; -75.1877, three miles east of the town of Edmeston on New York State Route 51 and New York State Route 80. Most of the roads here are not paved.