2019-19842. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on August 22, 2019, 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, Badgewell, Giza, EGYPT; Cisco Networking Academy, San Antonio, TX; City Schools of Decatur, Decatur, GA; Edgenuity, Scottsdale, AZ; Examity, Newton, MA; Illuminate Education, Irvine, CA; Lumina Foundation, Indianapolis, IN; OESIS Network, Santa Monica, CA; Squirrel AI Learning by Yixue Group, Highland Park, NJ; and Xquiry, Amersfoort, THE NETHERLANDS, have been added as parties to this venture.

Also, UW-Extension, Continuing Ed, Outreach & E-Learning, Madison, WI; Knovation, Cincinnati, OH; Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics, Kyoto City, JAPAN; Essay Assay, Inc. d/b/a ecree, Durham, NC; and Smart Sparrow Pty Ltd, San Francisco, CA, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.

In addition, Measured Progress has changed its name to Advance Education, LLC, Dover, NH.

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 May 24, 2019. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on June 17, 2019 (84 FR 28074).

Suzanne Morris,

Chief, Premerger and Division Statistics Unit, Antitrust Division.