[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 6, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50898-50899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19749]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Financial Services Technology Consortium, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 28, 2002, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Financial Services Technology 
Consortium, Inc. has filed written notifications simultaneously with 
the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
changes in its membership status. The notifications were filed for the 
purpose of extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of 
antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. 
Specifically, National City Corporation, Cleveland, OH; Comerica Bank, 
Detroit, MI; and Canadian Payments Association, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 
have been added as parties to this venture. Also, ESI International, 
Woodland Hills, CA; CUNA & Affiliates, Washington, DC; Data Treasury 
Corp., Melville, NY; ValiCert, Mountain View, CA; Experian, Orange, CA; 
and CashEdge, New York, NY have been dropped as parties to this 
venture.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project.

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Membership in this group research project remains open, and Financial 
Services Technology Consortium, Inc. intends to file additional written 
notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On October 21, 1993, Financial Services Technology Consortium, Inc. 
filed its original notification pursuant to section 6(a) of the Act. 
The Department of Justice published a notice in the Federal Register 
pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on December 14, 1993 (58 FR 65399).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on March 29, 
2002. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act of April 30, 2002 (67 FR 21271).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 02-19749 Filed 8-5-02; 8:45 am]
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