83 FR 17850 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 79 (April 24, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 24, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17850-17851]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08438]


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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 March 30, 2018, 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, Accelerate Learning, Houston, TX; ASU Prep Digital, 
Tempe, AZ; Colorado Virtual Academy, Lakewood, CO; Edina Public 
Schools, Edina, MN; Fayette County Public Schools, Lexington, KY; 
Georgia Department of Education, Atlanta, GA; Mastery Transcript 
Consortium, Gate Mills, OH; ScholarChip Card LLC, Hicksville, NY; 
School District of Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, FL; Spring 
Branch Independent School District, Houston, TX; String Theory Public 
Schools, Philadelphia, PA; University of Wisconsin System 
Administration, Madison, WI; and Wisconsin eSchool Network, Webster, 
WI, have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible 
Media at WGBH, Boston, MA; Cobb County School District, Smyrna, GA; 
Civitas Learning, Austin, TX; University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, 
TX; AMAC--Accessibility Solutions and Research Center, Atlanta, GA; and 
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, have withdrawn as parties to 
this venture.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned

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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 January 12, 
2018. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on February 12, 2018 (83 FR 6050).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-08438 Filed 4-23-18; 8:45 am]
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