[Federal Register: November 15, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 221)]
[Notices]               
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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.

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 30, 2002, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Financial Technology 
Consortium, Inc. has filed written notifications simultaneously with 
the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
changes in its membership status. 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, Zions Bancorporation, Salt Lake City, UT; Verifia, 
Mountain View, CA; Harex InfoTech (ZOOP), San Jose, CA; eOne Global, 
Napa, CA; Top Layer Networks, Westboro, MA; Cape Clear Softwear, 
Waltham, MA; Gotham Group, New York, NY; and InterComputer Corp., 
Fullerton, CA have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, Fleet Bank, Dorchester, MA; Authentor Systems, Englewood, CA; 
Bank of Montreal, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Telcordia, Morristown, NJ; 
Visa, Foster City, CA; Online Resources, McLean, VA; Business Logic 
Corp., Chicago, IL; BAI, Chicago, IL; and CrossCheck, Rohnert Park, CA 
have been dropped 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 Financial Technology Consortium, 
Inc., intends to file additional written notification disclosing all 
changes in membership.

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    On October 21, 1993, Financial Technology Consortium, Inc. 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 December 14, 1993 (58 FR 65399).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on June 28, 
2002. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on August 6, 2002 (67 FR 50898).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 02-28950 Filed 11-14-02; 8:45 am]

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