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.
New Springfield is an unincorporated community in southern Springfield Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44443. It lies at the intersection of State Routes 165 and 617. The community is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.