Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993--Automotive Cybersecurity Industry Consortium Publication: Federal Register Department: Department of Justice Byline: Suzanne Morris Date: 13 June 2023 Subjects: American Government , Software Topic: Automotive Cybersecurity Industry Consortium

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 13, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 38539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12554]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Automotive Cybersecurity Industry Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 31, 2023, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the Automotive Cybersecurity 
Industry Consortium (``ACIC'') 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, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI; American 
Honda Co., Inc, Torrance, CA; and Toyota Motor North America, Inc., 
Saline, MI, have withdrawn as parties to this venture. With the 
withdrawal of these parties, ACIC has no remaining members and will 
dissolve effective June 1, 2023.
    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 ACIC intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On January 11, 2017, ACIC 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 
February 27, 2017 (82 FR 11942).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on May 29, 
2020. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on June 8, 2020 (85 FR 35124).

Suzanne Morris,
Deputy Director, Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-12554 Filed 6-12-23; 8:45 am]
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