Department of Justice
Antitrust Division
Notice is hereby given that, on February 25, 2025, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), Global Synchronizer Foundation (“GSF”) 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, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Central Hong Kong, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Copper Markets (Switzerland) AG, New York, NY; Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Jersey City, NJ; and Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, New York, NY, have been added 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 GSF intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
On September 18, 2024, GSF 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 October 11, 2024 (89 FR 82632).
Suzanne Morris,
Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.