80 FR 51605 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 164 (August 25, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 164 (Tuesday, August 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 51605]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21028]



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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


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

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 20, 2015, 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, Capella University, Minneapolis, MN; Gutenberg 
Technology, Cambridge, MA; Internet2, Austin, TX; MediaCore, Victoria, 
British Columbia, CANADA; National Student Clearinghouse, Herndon, VA; 
New Zealand Ministry of Education, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND; Open 
University, Milton Keynes, UNITED KINGDOM; Parchment, Scottsdale, AZ; 
and University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, have been added as parties 
to this venture.
    Also, Scholastic, New York, NY; University of Glasgow, Glasgow, 
Scotland, UNITED KINGDOM; Courseload, Indianapolis, IN; and Bridgepoint 
Education, San Diego, CA, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 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 7, 2015. 
A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) 
of the Act on June 4, 2015 (80 FR 31921).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-21028 Filed 8-24-15; 8:45 am]
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