[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 209 (Tuesday, October 31, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 50443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23692]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 6, 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''), IMS Global Learning 
Consortium, Inc. (``IMS Global'') 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, Central Massachusetts Collaborative, 
Worcester, MA; Colorado Technical University, Schaumburg, IL; Cornelsen 
Verlag GmbH, Berlin, GERMANY; Delaware Department of Education, Dover, 
DE; Henry County Schools, McDonough, GA; Knovation, Inc., Cincinnati, 
OH; and New Meridian Corporation (PARCC Consortium), Austin, TX, have 
been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, PARCC, Inc., Washington, DC; WEDU COMMUNICATIONS, Seoul, 
REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Pacific Metrics, Monterey, CA; and Fidelis Inc., 
Redwood City, CA, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 IMS Global intends to file 
additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On April 7, 2000, IMS Global 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 September 13, 2000 (65 FR 55283).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on July 10, 
2017. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on July 25, 2017 (82 FR 34550).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-23692 Filed 10-30-17; 8:45 am]
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