11. In short, he and his associates get the benefits of a conspiracy or combination in restraint of competition. 12. An agreement in restraint of trade that is contrary to public policy is not void, but is unenforceable. 13. Public policy requires the balancing of two conflicting public interests with regard to agreements in restraint of trade. 14. Representatives of Fuji in the United States have denied that the parent company has engaged in restraint of trade. 15. Informed opinion is coming in recognize, that former legislation which sweepingly condemned'every combination in restraint of trade'has broken down. 16. In 1890, Sen . John Sherman, R-Ohio, sponsored legislation that made any agreement in restraint of trade a crime. 17. Such systems are known as cartels, and are in most countries now considered to be in restraint of trade. 18. Until then, a trade union could be regarded as illegal because of being " in restraint of trade ". 19. Thompson has referred to the ideals contained in the Act in Restraint of Appeals the First Principle of Anglicanism. 20. Indeed, when self-employed doctors have sought to unionize, they faced the threat of antitrust charges of conspiring in restraint of trade.