[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 203 (Friday, October 21, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 61247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21058]


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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 November 8 and November 17, 2005. The topics of the 
hearings are Antitrust and the New Economy, and Merger Enforcement.

DATES: November 8, 2005, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:45 to 2:45 p.m. 
November 17, 2005, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:45 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 Antitrust and the New Economy, and Merger 
Enforcement. The hearing on Antitrust and the New Economy will consist 
of two panels, and will be held on November 8, 2005. The first panel 
will begin at 9:30 a.m. and conclude at 11:30 a.m. The second panel 
will begin at 12:45 p.m. and conclude at 2:45 p.m. The hearing on 
Merger Enforcement will consist of three panels, and will be held on 
November 17, 2005. The first panel will begin at 9:30 a.m. and conclude 
at 11:30 a.m. The second panel will begin at 12:45 p.m. and conclude at 
2:45 p.m. The third panel will begin at 3 p.m. and conclude at 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 (www.amc.gov) in advance of the hearings.
    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 28902 (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: October 17, 2005.

    By direction of the Antitrust Modernization Commission.
Andrew J. Heimert,
Executive Director & General Counsel, Antitrust Modernization 
Commission.
[FR Doc. 05-21058 Filed 10-20-05; 8:45am]
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