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Modifications Of Antitrust Consent Decrees: Over A Double Barrel, John D. Anderson
Modifications Of Antitrust Consent Decrees: Over A Double Barrel, John D. Anderson
Michigan Law Review
This Note will attempt to determine the correct standard of review for all modifications of existing consent decrees. Part I. A. examines the current standards for modifications of consent decrees. It concludes that the APP A does not apply to such orders. Part I. B. then examines the differing standards that are currently applied to defendant-initiated modification motions without the government's consent, government-initiated modification motions without the defendant's consent, and consented-to modifications. Part II argues that these varying standards have little justification since the same substantive concerns exist in all modification cases. Part III explores the two major concerns - …