[Federal Register: September 8, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 173)]
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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 September 29, 2005. The topics of the hearings are the 
State Action Doctrine and Exclusionary Conduct.

DATES: September 29, 2005, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. to 5 
p.m. Interested members of the public may attend. Registration is not 
required.

ADDRESSES: Federal Trade Commission, Headquarters Room 432, 600 
Pennsylvania 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 the State Action Doctrine and Exclusionary Conduct. 
The hearing on the State Action Doctrine will consist of one panel. It 
will begin at 9:30 a.m. and conclude at 11:30 a.m. The hearing on 
Exclusionary Conduct will consist of two panels. The first panel will 
begin at 12:45 p.m. and run until 2:45 p.m. The second panel will run 
from 3 p.m. to 5 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 FR 28902 (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. 107-
273, section 11057(a), 116 Stat. 1758, 1858.

    Dated: September 2, 2005.

    By direction of the Antitrust Modernization Commission.
Andrew J. Heimert,
Executive Director & General Counsel, Antitrust Modernization 
Commission.
[FR Doc. 05-17812 Filed 9-7-05; 8:45 am]

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