[Federal Register: October 12, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 196)]
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ANTITRUST MODERNIZATION COMMISSION

 
Notice of Public Hearings

AGENCY: Antitrust Modernization Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public hearings.

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SUMMARY: The Antitrust Modernization Commission will hold public 
hearings on October 26 and November 3, 2005. The topics of the hearings 
are State Antitrust Enforcement, Criminal Remedies, and Dual Federal 
Antitrust Enforcement.

DATES: October 26, 2005, 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. November 3, 2005, 9:30 to 
11:30 a.m. and 1:15 to 4:30 p.m. Interested members of the public may 
attend. Registration is not required.

ADDRESSES: October 26: Federal Trade Commission, Headquarters Room 432, 
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, November 3: Federal Trade 
Commission, Conference Center, 601 New Jersey Avenue, NW., Washington, 
DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew J. Heimert, Executive Director 
& General Counsel, Antitrust Modernization Commission: telephone: (202) 
233-0701; e-mail: info@amc.gov. Mr. Heimert is also the Designated 
Federal Officer (DFO) for the Antitrust Modernization Commission.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of these hearings is for the 
Antitrust Modernization Commission to take testimony and receive 
evidence regarding State Antitrust Enforcement, Criminal Remedies, and 
Dual Federal Antitrust Enforcement. The hearing on State Antitrust 
Enforcement will consist of one panel. It will be held on October 26, 
2005, and will begin at 1:30 p.m. and conclude at 4 p.m. The hearing on 
Criminal Remedies will consist of one panel. It will be held on 
November 3, 2005, and will begin at 9:30 a.m. and conclude at 11:30 
a.m. The hearing on Dual Federal Antitrust Enforcement will consist of 
two panels, taking place on November 3, 2005. The first panel will 
begin at 1:15 p.m. and run until 2:45 p.m. The second panel will run 
from 3

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p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Materials relating to the hearings, including lists 
of witnesses and the prepared statements of the witnesses, will be made 
available on the Commission's Web site (http://www.amc.gov) in advance of the 

hearings.
    Interested members of the public may submit written testimony on 
the subject of the hearing in the form of comments, pursuant to the 
Commission's request for comments. See 70 Fed. Reg. 28,902 (May 19, 
2005). Members of the public will not be provided with an opportunity 
to make oral remarks at the hearings.
    The AMC is holding this hearing pursuant to its authorizing 
statute. Antitrust Modernization Commission Act of 2002, Pub. L. No. 
107-273, 11057(a), 116 Stat. 1758, 1858.

    Dated: October 4, 2005.

    By direction of the Antitrust Modernization Commission.
Andrew J. Heimert,
Executive Director & General Counsel, Antitrust Modernization 
Commission.
[FR Doc. 05-20368 Filed 10-11-05; 8:45 am]

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