2023-27596. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction

Notice is hereby given that, on October 9, 2023, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (“CWMD”) 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, Bowler Pons Solutions Consultants LLC, Annapolis, MD; BlackSky Geospatial Solutions, Inc., Herndon, VA; Kemp Proteins LLC, Frederick, MD; KRI at Northeastern University LLC, Burlington, MA; Peerless Technologies Corp., Fairborn, OH; Resilience Government Services, Inc., Alachua, FL; and Tetramer Technologies LLC, Pendleton, SC have been added as parties to this venture.

Also, Decon7 Systems LLC, Scottsdale, AZ; Fire Safety International, Inc., Sheffield Lake, OH; Firefly Photonics LLC, Coralville, IA; Luna Labs USA LLC, Charlottesville, VA; Paratek Pharmaceuticals, King of Prussia, PA; Quantitative Scientific Solutions LLC, Arlington, VA; Re:Build CR LLC, Rock Hill, SC; Saint-Gobain Crystals, Hiram, OH; Shipcom Federal Solutions LLC, Arlington, VA; and Veritech LLC, Glendale, AZ have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 CWMD intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

On January 31, 2018, CWMD 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 12, 2018 (83 FR 10750).

The last notification was filed with the Department on July 10, 2023. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on September 26, 2023 (88 FR 66058).

Suzanne Morris,

Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.