NOUN
- an agreement between two parties that is sanctioned by the court; for example, a company might agree to stop certain questionable practices without admitting guilt
How To Use consent decree In A Sentence
- But the company has vigorously asserted that its marketing practices do not violate the 1995 consent decree.
- Most of us thought that during the past few years Janet Reno's antitrust czar and his prosecution team were turned on by lawyerlike stuff like consent decrees, special masters and making Bill Gates's lawyers look like crash dummies in court. Joel Klein, Entrepreneur
- A consent decree's busywork would only drain resources away from his effort to tighten management controls.
- Microsoft dismissed the allegations as unfounded, saying its practices were specifically allowed by the consent decree.
- Judge Jackson was appointed to sign the consent decree, which he did in August 1995.
- Microsoft dismissed the allegations as unfounded, saying its practices were specifically allowed by the consent decree.
- If subpoenaed, the Bellevue Defendants, their agents, employees, or assigns may not give any evidence or testimony inconsistent with the Proposed Consent Decree. The Volokh Conspiracy » Flag Desecration
- Court orders and consent decrees are exempted; but voluntary actions by the school district are not.
- Tennessee, for instance, was shacked by three consent decrees, all of which were administered by federal judges. Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » In Case You Were Not Depressed Enough…
- In most divestiture cases (including AT&T) the divestiture is decision which is made by the company in order to avoid living under the terms of the consent decree (i.e. previous settlement). The Volokh Conspiracy » Destroying the Constitution’s Structure is not Constitutional
