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.
Van is a small unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia, United States, along the Pond Fork of the Little Coal River. Its ZIP code is 25206. Van was named after Van Linville, who established its post office and served as its first postmaster.