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.
Claysburg is a census-designated place (CDP) along Interstate 99 and the Allegheny Front near the base of Blue Knob (Pennsylvania), the 1961 location of Claysburg Air Force Station (originally Blue Knob Park). State politician Tony Barr resides in Claysburg.