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the names and addresses of all persons, 

or their representatives, who are parties 

to the investigations. 

Please note the Secretary’s Office will 

accept only electronic filings during this 

time. Filings must be made through the 

Commission’s Electronic Document 

Information System (EDIS, https://

edis.usitc.gov.) No in-person paperbased filings or paper copies of any 

electronic filings will be accepted until 

further notice. 

Limited disclosure of business 

proprietary information (BPI) under an 

administrative protective order (APO) 

and BPI service list.—Pursuant to 

§ 207.7(a) of the Commission’s rules, the 

Secretary will make BPI gathered in the 

final phase of these investigations 

available to authorized applicants under 

the APO issued in the investigations, 

provided that the application is made 

no later than 21 days prior to the 

hearing date specified in this notice. 

Authorized applicants must represent 

interested parties, as defined by 19 

U.S.C. 1677(9), who are parties to the 

investigations. A party granted access to 

BPI in the preliminary phase of the 

investigations need not reapply for such 

access. A separate service list will be 

maintained by the Secretary for those 

parties authorized to receive BPI under 

the APO. 

Staff report.—The prehearing staff 

report in the final phase of these 

investigations will be placed in the 

nonpublic record on January 29, 2021, 

and a public version will be issued 

thereafter, pursuant to § 207.22 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

Hearing.—The Commission will hold 

a hearing in connection with the final 

phase of these investigations beginning 

at 9:30 a.m. on February 12, 2021. 

Information about the place and form of 

the hearing, including about how to 

participate in and/or view the hearing, 

will be posted on the Commission’s 

website at https://www.usitc.gov/ 

calendarpad/calendar.html. Interested 

parties should check the Commission’s 

website periodically for updates. 

Requests to appear at the hearing should 

be filed in writing with the Secretary to 

the Commission on or before February 

5, 2021. A nonparty who has testimony 

that may aid the Commission’s 

deliberations may request permission to 

present a short statement at the hearing. 

All parties and nonparties desiring to 

appear at the hearing and make oral 

presentations should participate in a 

prehearing conference to be held at 9:30 

a.m. on February 9, 2021. Oral 

testimony and written materials to be 

submitted at the public hearing are 

governed by sections 201.6(b)(2), 

201.13(f), and 207.24 of the 

Commission’s rules. Parties must submit 

any request to present a portion of their 

hearing testimony in camera no later 

than 7 business days prior to the date of 

the hearing. 

Written submissions.—Each party 

who is an interested party shall submit 

a prehearing brief to the Commission. 

Prehearing briefs must conform with the 

provisions of § 207.23 of the 

Commission’s rules; the deadline for 

filing is February 5, 2021. Parties may 

also file written testimony in connection 

with their presentation at the hearing, as 

provided in § 207.24 of the 

Commission’s rules, and posthearing 

briefs, which must conform with the 

provisions of § 207.25 of the 

Commission’s rules. The deadline for 

filing posthearing briefs is February 19, 

2021. In addition, any person who has 

not entered an appearance as a party to 

the investigations may submit a written 

statement of information pertinent to 

the subject of the investigations, 

including statements of support or 

opposition to the petition, on or before 

February 19, 2021. On March 10, 2021, 

the Commission will make available to 

parties all information on which they 

have not had an opportunity to 

comment. Parties may submit final 

comments on this information on or 

before March 12, 2021, but such final 

comments must not contain new factual 

information and must otherwise comply 

with § 207.30 of the Commission’s rules. 

All written submissions must conform 

with the provisions of § 201.8 of the 

Commission’s rules; any submissions 

that contain BPI must also conform with 

the requirements of §§ 201.6, 207.3, and 

207.7 of the Commission’s rules. The 

Commission’s Handbook on Filing 

Procedures, available on the 

Commission’s website at https://

www.usitc.gov/documents/handbook_

on_filing_procedures.pdf, elaborates 

upon the Commission’s procedures with 

respect to filings. 

Additional written submissions to the 

Commission, including requests 

pursuant to § 201.12 of the 

Commission’s rules, shall not be 

accepted unless good cause is shown for 

accepting such submissions, or unless 

the submission is pursuant to a specific 

request by a Commissioner or 

Commission staff. 

In accordance with §§ 201.16(c) and 

207.3 of the Commission’s rules, each 

document filed by a party to the 

investigations must be served on all 

other parties to the investigations (as 

identified by either the public or BPI 

service list), and a certificate of service 

must be timely filed. The Secretary will 

not accept a document for filing without 

a certificate of service. 

Authority: These investigations are being 

conducted under authority of title VII of the 

Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published 

pursuant to § 207.21 of the Commission’s 

rules. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: December 11, 2020. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

JOINT BOARD FOR THE 

ENROLLMENT OF ACTUARIES 

Meeting of the Advisory Committee; 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Joint Board for the Enrollment 

of Actuaries 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Joint Board for the 

Enrollment of Actuaries gives notice of 

a teleconference meeting of the 

Advisory Committee on Actuarial 

Examinations (a portion of which will 

be open to the public) on January 4–5, 

2021. 

DATES: Monday, January 4, 2021, from 

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EST), and 

Tuesday, January 5, 2021, from 8:30 

a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EST). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held by 

teleconference. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Van Osten, Designated Federal 

Officer, Advisory Committee on 

Actuarial Examinations, at 202–317– 

3648 or Elizabeth.j.vanosten@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that the Advisory 

Committee on Actuarial Examinations 

will meet by teleconference on Monday, 

January 4, 2021, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 

p.m. (EST), and Tuesday, January 5, 

2021, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EST). 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

discuss topics and questions that may 

be recommended for inclusion on future 

Joint Board examinations in actuarial 

mathematics and methodology referred 

to in 29 U.S.C. 1242(a)(1)(B) and to 

review the November 2020 Pension 

(EA–2F) Examination in order to make 

recommendations relative thereto, 

including the minimum acceptable pass 

score. Topics for inclusion on the 

syllabus for the Joint Board’s 

examination program for the May 2021 

Basic (EA–1) Examination and the May 

2021 Pension (EA–2L) Examination also 

will be discussed. 

A determination has been made as 

required by section 10(d) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 


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1Under the proposed Final Judgment, an ‘‘MLS 

Participant’’ is defined as ‘‘a member or user of, a 

participant in, or a subscriber to an MLS.’’ (See 

Proposed Final Judgment, Section II—Definitions.) 

2, that the portions of the meeting 

dealing with the discussion of questions 

that may appear on the Joint Board’s 

examinations and the review of the 

November 2020 Pension (EA–2F) 

Examination fall within the exceptions 

to the open meeting requirement set 

forth in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), and that 

the public interest requires that such 

portions be closed to public 

participation. 

The portion of the meeting dealing 

with the discussion of the other topics 

will commence at 1:00 p.m. (EST) on 

January 4, 2021 and will continue for as 

long as necessary to complete the 

discussion, but not beyond 3:00 p.m. 

(EST). Time permitting, after the close 

of this discussion by Advisory 

Committee members, interested persons 

may make statements germane to this 

subject. Persons wishing to make oral 

statements should contact the 

Designated Federal Officer at 

NHQJBEA@IRS.GOV and include the 

written text or outline of comments they 

propose to make orally. Such comments 

will be limited to 10 minutes in length. 

Persons who wish to attend the public 

session should contact the Designated 

Federal Officer at NHQJBEA@IRS.GOV 

to obtain teleconference access 

instructions. Notifications of intent to 

make an oral statement or to attend the 

meeting must be sent electronically to 

the Designated Federal Officer by no 

later than December 31, 2020. In 

addition, any interested person may file 

a written statement for consideration by 

the Joint Board and the Advisory 

Committee by sending it to NHQJBEA@

IRS.GOV. 

Dated: December 11, 2020. 

Thomas V. Curtin, 

Executive Director, Joint Board for the 

Enrollment of Actuaries. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27692 Filed 12–15–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

United States v. National Association of 

REALTORS® Proposed Final Judgment 

and Competitive Impact Statement 

Notice is hereby given pursuant to the 

Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act, 

15 U.S.C. 16(b)–(h), that a proposed 

Final Judgment, Stipulation, and 

Competitive Impact Statement have 

been filed with the United States 

District Court for the District of 

Columbia in United States of America v. 

National Association of REALTORS®, 

Civil Action No. 1:20–cv–03356. On 

November 19, 2020, the United States 

filed a Complaint alleging that the 

certain of Defendant’s, the National 

Association of REALTORS® (‘‘NAR’’), 

rules, policies, and practices 

promulgated by NAR resulted in a 

lessening of competition among real 

estate brokers and agents to the 

detriment of American home buyers in 

violation of Section 1 of the Sherman 

Act, 15 U.S.C. 1. The proposed Final 

Judgment, filed at the same time as the 

Complaint, is designed to remedy the 

anticompetitive effects alleged in the 

Complaint. Under the proposed Final 

Judgment, NAR is required to repeal, 

eliminate, or modify its rules, practices, 

and policies that the Division alleges in 

the Complaint violate the Sherman Act. 

Specifically, NAR and NAR-affiliated 

multi-listing services (‘‘MLSs’’) must not 

(1) adopt, maintain, or enforce any rule, 

practice, or policy or (2) enter into any 

agreement or practice that directly or 

indirectly: 

a. Prohibits, discourages, or 

recommends against an MLS or real 

estate broker or agent working with a 

NAR-affiliated MLS (‘‘MLS Participant 1

or REALTOR®’’) publishing or 

displaying to consumers any MLS data 

specifying the compensation offered to 

other MLS Participants, such as buyer 

brokers; 

b. permits or requires MLS 

Participants, including buyer brokers, to 

represent or suggest that their services 

are free or available to a home buyer at 

no cost to the home buyer; 

c. permits or enables MLS 

Participants to filter, suppress, hide, or 

not display or distribute MLS listings 

based on the level of compensation 

offered to the buyer broker or the name 

of the brokerage or brokers or agents; or 

d. prohibits, discourages, or 

recommends against allowing any 

licensed real estate broker or agent to 

access, with approval from the home 

seller, the lockboxes of properties listed 

on an MLS. 

As discussed in further detail in the 

Competitive Impact Statement, the 

proposed Final Judgement also requires 

NAR to take affirmative steps to remedy 

the competitive harm alleged in the 

Complaint by requiring adopting new 

rules, the content of which must be 

approved by the United States that 

effectuates the foregoing prohibitions. 

Copies of the Complaint, proposed 

Final Judgment, and Competitive Impact 

Statement are available for inspection 

on the Antitrust Division’s website at 

http://www.justice.gov/atr and at the 

Office of the Clerk of the United States 

District Court for the District of 

Columbia. Copies of these materials may 

be obtained from the Antitrust Division 

upon request and payment of the 

copying fee set by Department of Justice 

regulations. 

Public comment is invited within 60 

days of the date of this notice. Such 

comments, including the name of the 

submitter, and responses thereto, will be 

posted on the Antitrust Division’s 

website, filed with the Court, and, under 

certain circumstances, published in the 

Federal Register. Comments should be 

directed to Chief, Media, Entertainment 

and Professional Services Section, 

Antitrust Division, Department of 

Justice, 450 Fifth Street NW, Suite 4000, 

Washington, DC 20530 (telephone: 202– 

616–5935). 

Suzanne Morris, 

Chief, Premerger and Division Statistics, 

Antitrust Division. 

United States District Court for the 

District of Columbia 

United States of America, Department of 

Justice, Antitrust Division, 450 Fifth Street 

NW, Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20530, 

Plaintiff, v. National Association of 

Realtors®, 430 North Michigan Ave., Chicago, 

IL 60611, Defendant. 

Case No. 1:20–cv–3356–TJK 

Complaint 

The United States of America brings 

this civil antitrust action to obtain 

equitable relief against Defendant 

National Association of REALTORS®. 

The United States alleges as follows: 

I. Nature of the Action 

1. Defendant National Association of 

REALTORS® (‘‘NAR’’) has adopted a 

series of rules, policies, and practices 

governing, among other things, the 

publication and marketing of real estate, 

real estate broker commissions, as well 

as real estate broker access to lockboxes, 

that have been widely adopted by 

NAR’s members resulting in a lessening 

of competition among real estate brokers 

to the detriment of American home 

buyers. These NAR rules, policies, and 

practices include: 

(a) Prohibiting NAR-affiliated 

multiple-listing services (‘‘MLSs’’) from 

disclosing to prospective buyers the 

amount of commission that the buyer 

broker will earn if the buyer purchases 

a home listed on the MLS; 

(b) allowing buyer brokers to 

misrepresent to buyers that a buyer 

broker’s services are free; 

(c) enabling buyer brokers to filter 

MLS listings based on the level of buyer 

broker commissions offered and to 

exclude homes with lower commissions 


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