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.
Ruther Glen is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, Virginia, located near the intersection of Interstate 95 and Virginia State Highway 207, at 37°56′19.6152″N 77°28′17.2776″W / 37.938782°N 77.471466°W / 37.938782; -77.471466 (37.938782, -77.471466). It is approximately 30 miles north of Richmond. Mattaponi Springs golf course is located in the community. Politician Julian M. Quarles was born near the community.