2024-23620. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Rust Foundation

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Department of Justice

Antitrust Division

Notice is hereby given that, on August 12, 2024, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), Rust Foundation 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, Accelerant Limited, Lower Hutt, NEW ZEALAND; Astral Software Inc., Brooklyn, NY; and Zed Industries, Denver, CO, have been added as parties to this venture.

Also, ParaState Labs, Inc., Lewes, DE, has withdrawn as a party to this venture.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 Rust Foundation intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

On April 14, 2022, Rust Foundation 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 May 13, 2022 (87 FR 29384). ( print page 82635)

The last notification was filed with the Department on June 3, 2024. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on June 24, 2024 (89 FR 52509).

Suzanne Morris,

Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.