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.
Folly Beach is a city in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,117 at the 2000 census. As defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, Folly Beach, located on historic Folly Island, is included within the Charleston-North Charleston Urbanized Area and the larger Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area.