[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 251 (Thursday, December 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72329-72330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34650]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Financial Services Technology Consortium, Inc.
Notice is hereby given that, on December 30, 1997, pursuant to
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of
1993, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq. (``Act''), Financial Services
Technology Consortium, Inc. has filed written notifications
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade
Commission disclosing changes in its membership status. The
notifications were filed for the purpose of extending the Act's
provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual
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damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, Suntrust Services,
Atlanta, GA and Fleet Bank, Hartford, CT were admitted as principal
members of the Consortium. TRW, Fairfax, VA; Wachovia, Winston-Salem,
NC; Comdisco, Rosemont, IL; US Web-Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA and I A
Corporation, Emeryville, CA were admitted as associate members of the
Consortium. Object Management Group, Framingham, MA has been admitted
as an advisory member of the Consortium. Also, Banc One Services,
Corp., Columbus, OH; and GC Tech, New York, NY have been dropped 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 Financial Services Technology
Consortium, Inc. intends to file additional written notification
disclosing all changes in membership.
On October 21, 1993, Financial Services Technology Consortium, Inc.
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 December 14, 1993 (58 FR 65399).
The last notification was filed with the Department on June 25,
1997. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to
Section 6(b) of the Act on August 12, 1997 (62 FR 43184).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 98-34650 Filed 12-30-98; 8:45 am]
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