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.
Worcester is a town in Otsego County, New York, United States. The population was 2,207 at the 2000 census. Worcester is on the southeast border of the county and is northeast of Oneonta. Worcester Central School presently has 460 students enrolled in grades K-12.