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.
Slatersville is a village North Smithfield, Rhode Island, United States on the Branch River. It includes the Slatersville Historic District, a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Slatersville was affiliated with and named after Samuel Slater and John Slater (industrialist).