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.
Ravenel is a town in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,214 at the 2000 census. As defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, Ravenel is included within the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area.