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.
Ephraim is a city in Sanpete County, Utah, United States. The population was 4,505 at the 2000 census. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated its population to be 5,284 in 2008. It is the location of Snow College and is located along U.S. Route 89.