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.
La Verkin is a city in Washington County, Utah, United States. The population was 3,392 at the 2000 census. La Verkin and Hurricane, Utah are so close together that you can easily walk between the two in a few minutes Theories about the origin of the city's name suggest that it may be a corruption of the Spanish la virgen, after the nearby Virgin River, or possibly an error in the transcription of the term "beaver skin. " The city made national headlines in 2001 when the City Council passed an ordinance declaring La Verkin a "United Nations-free zone".