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.
Jumping Branch is an unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia, United States. Jumping Branch is west of Hinton. A portion of the Giles-Fayette and Kanawha Turnpike ran through Jumping Branch. The route is unverifiable.