Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993Financial Services Technology Consortium, Inc.; Electronic Check Project

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 15970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8867]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ANTITRUST DIVISION

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Financial Services Technology Consortium, Inc.; 
Electronic Check Project

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 13, 1996, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Financial Services 
Technology Consortium, Inc. (the ``Consortium'') has filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership in the Electronic 
Check Project sponsored by the Consortium. 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, the following have become members of the 
Electronic Check Project: Huntington Bancshares, Inc., Columbus, OH; 
RDM Corporation, Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA; and American Express Travel 
Related Services Company, Inc., New York, NY.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research and development project. Membership in 
this group research and development project remains open, and the 
Consortium intends to file additional written notifications disclosing 
all changes in membership.
    On August 10, 1995, the Consortium filed its original notification 
pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Act. A notice has not yet been 
published in the Federal Register.
    The last notification was filed with the Department on December 15, 
1995. A notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-8867 Filed 4-9-96; 8:45 am]
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