All of the Following Are True About a Consent Decree

question 77

Multiple Choice

All of the following are true about a consent decree except for

• A) Requires the merging parties to divest overlapping businesses
• B) An acquirer may seek to negotiate a consent decree in advance of consummating a deal.
• C) In the absent of a consent decree, a buyer usually makes the receipt of regulatory approval necessary to closing the deal.
• D) FTC studies indicate that consent decrees have historically been largely ineffectual in promoting competition
• E) Consent decrees tend to be most effective in promoting competition if the divestitures made by the acquiring firms are to competitors.

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Definitions:

Upward Appeal

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