[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 125 (Thursday, June 30, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37746-37747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-12872]


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ANTITRUST MODERNIZATION COMMISSION


Notice of Public Hearings

AGENCY: Antitrust Modernization Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public hearings.

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SUMMARY: The Antitrust Modernization Commission will hold public 
hearings on July 28, 2005. The topics of the hearings are the Robinson-
Patman Act and certain civil remedies issues.

DATES: July 28, 2005, 9:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. 
Interested members of the public may attend. Registration is not 
required.

ADDRESSES: Federal Trade Commission, Conference Center, 601 New Jersey 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew J. Heimert, Executive Director 
& General Counsel, Antitrust Modernization Commission: telephone: (202) 
233-0701; e-mail: [email protected]. Mr. Heimert is also the Designated 
Federal Officer (DFO) for the Antitrust Modernization Commission.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of these hearings is for the 
Antitrust Modernization Commission to take testimony and receive 
evidence regarding the Robinson-Patman Act and certain civil remedies 
issues. The hearing on the Robinson-Patman Act will consist of one 
panel. It will begin at 9:15 a.m. and adjourn at 11:30 a.m. The hearing 
on civil remedies issues will consist of two panels. The first civil 
remedies panel will address damages multipliers, attorneys' fees, and 
prejudgment interest. The panel will begin at 12:30 p.m. and run until 
3 p.m. The second civil remedies panel will address joint and several 
liability, contribution, and claim reduction, and will run from 3 p.m. 
to 5 p.m. Materials relating to the hearings, including lists of 
witnesses and the prepared statements of the witnesses, will be made 
available on the Commission's Web site (http://www.amc.gov) in advance 
of the hearings. The starting time for the panel on Robinson-Patman Act 
is approximate, as the Commission will be holding a public meeting 
beginning at 9 a.m., the notice of which is published elsewhere in this 
issue of the Federal Register.
    Interested members of the public may submit written testimony on 
the subject of the hearing in the form of comments, pursuant to the 
Commission's request for comments. See 70 FR 28,902 (May 19, 2005). 
Members of the public will not be provided with an opportunity to make 
oral remarks at the hearings.
    The AMC is holding this hearing pursuant to its authorizing 
statute. Antitrust Modernization Commission Act of 2002, Pub. L. 107-
273, Sec.  11057(a), 116 Stat. 1758, 1858.

    Dated: June 24, 2005.


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    By direction of the Antitrust Modernization Commission.
Andrew J. Heimert,
Executive Director & General Counsel, Antitrust Modernization 
Commission.
[FR Doc. 05-12872 Filed 6-29-05; 8:45 am]
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