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.
Claremore is a city and the county seat of Rogers County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 15,873 at the 2000 census, but was estimated to be 17,200 in 2007. It is part of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area and home to Rogers State University, the only public four-year university in the Tulsa area. It is best known as the home of entertainer Will Rogers.