[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 117 (Monday, June 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30615-30616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15309]



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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3656]


Litton Industries, Inc.; Prohibited Trade Practices, and 
Affirmative Corrective Actions

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Consent order.

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SUMMARY: In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting 
unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of 
competition, this consent order requires, among other things, the 
California-based corporation to divest, within ninety days, PRC, Inc.'s 
$40 million systems engineering and technical assistance contract for 
the Navy's Aegis destroyer program. If the divestiture is not completed 
as required,

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the Commission may appoint a trustee to finalize the divestiture.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued May 7, 1996.\1\

    \1\ Copies of the Complaint, the Decision and Order, and 
Commissioner Azcuenaga's statement are available from the 
Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th Street and 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20580.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ann Malester, FTC/S-2308, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-2682.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Monday, February 26, 1996, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 61 FR 7105, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Litton Industries, Inc., for 
the purpose of soliciting public comment.
    Interested parties were given sixty (60) days in which to submit 
comments, suggestions or objections regarding the proposed form of the 
order.
    No comments having been received, the Commission has ordered the 
issuance of the complaint in the form contemplated by the agreement, 
made its jurisdictional findings and entered an order to divest, as set 
forth in the proposed consent agreement, in disposition of this 
proceeding.

(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interpret or apply sec. 5, 38 
Stat. 731, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 45, 18)
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-15309 Filed 6-14-96; 8:45 am]
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