[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 165 (Monday, August 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 40805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18173]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Cooperative Research Group on Hedge IV

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 25, 2017, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Southwest Research Institute--
Cooperative Research Group on HEDGE IV (``HEDGE IV'') has filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership. 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, The G.I.E. 
Regienov, Boulogne Billancourt, FRANCE, has been added as a party to 
this venture.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and HEDGE IV intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On February 14, 2017, HEDGE IV 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 March 27, 2017 (82 FR 15238).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on June 9, 
2017. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on July 20, 2017 (82 FR 33516).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-18173 Filed 8-25-17; 8:45 am]
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