[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 236 (Tuesday, December 8, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 79035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-26953]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Issuance of Updated Guidance Regarding the Use of Arbitration and 
Case Selection Criteria

AGENCY: Antitrust Division, Department of Justice.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes updated and supplemental guidance on the 
use of arbitration by the Antitrust Division of the Department of 
Justice. The document includes case selection criteria to help identify 
Antitrust Division cases that would benefit from the application of 
arbitration. In addition, it includes guidance regarding practices that 
may be employed in an arbitration. The Antitrust Division is authorized 
to use alternative dispute resolution techniques, including 
arbitration, by the Administrative Dispute Resolution Act of 1990. This 
document updates and supplements previous Antitrust Division guidance 
regarding the appropriate use of ADR techniques.

ADDRESSES: The document is available on the Department's website at: 
https://www.justice.gov/atr/page/file/1336516/download.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David B. Lawrence, Chief, Competition 
Policy & Advocacy Section, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of 
Justice, at (202) 305-9850, [email protected].

Suzanne Morris,
Chief, Premerger and Division Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2020-26953 Filed 12-7-20; 8:45 am]
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