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Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Utility Broadband Alliance, Inc.

Department of Justice Antitrust Division Notice is hereby given that, on July 14, 2025, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993,...

Department of Justice
Antitrust Division

Notice is hereby given that, on July 14, 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”), Utility Broadband Alliance, Inc. (“UBBA”) 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, Heddian, Inc., Arlington, VA; Harmoni Towers, Charlotte, NC; Tantalus Systems, Raleigh, NC; Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC, Richardson, TX; JF Brennan Company, Inc., La Crosse, WI; Viventum Incorporated, Fairfax, VA; WEC Energy Group, Milwaukee, WI; Zebra Technologies, Lincolnshire, IL; and 4Liberty, Inc., San Diego, CA have been added as parties to this venture.

Also, National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative, Herndon, VA has withdrawn as a party to this venture.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 UBBA intends to file additional written ( printed page 39424) notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

On May 4, 2021, UBBA 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 June 10, 2021 (86 FR 30981).

The last notification was filed with the Department on April 16, 2025. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on June 11, 2025 (90 FR 24667).

Suzanne Morris,

Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 2025-15577 Filed 8-14-25; 8:45 am]

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“Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Utility Broadband Alliance, Inc.,” thefederalregister.org (August 15, 2025), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2025-15577/notice-pursuant-to-the-national-cooperative-research-and-production-act-of-1993-utility-broadband-alliance-inc.