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.
Cottage Grove is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,059 at the 2000 census. It is a fast growing suburb of Madison and shares a school district with Monona. The village is located within the Town of Cottage Grove.