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.
New Richmond is a city in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, United States. Its population was 6,310 as of the 2000 census. The population currently estimated to be over 8,000. It is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Area.