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.
Bartley is an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA. It lies along the Norfolk and Western Railroad on the Dry Fork. According to the Geographic Names Information System, Bartley has also been known as Bartlett and Peeryville.