Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 117 / Monday, June 17, 1996 / Notices 30615

1Copies of the Complaint and the Decision and

Order are available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, H–130, 6th Street & Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20580.

1Copies of the Complaint and the Decision and

Order are available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, H–130, 6th Street & Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20580.

1Copies of the Consent Order and Set Aside

Order are available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, H–130, 6th Street and

Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

20580.

and desist, as set forth in the proposed

consent agreement, in disposition of this

proceeding.

(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interprets

or applies sec. 5, 38 Stat. 719, as amended;

15 U.S.C. 45, 52)

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–15304 Filed 6–14–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M

[Dkt. C–3652]

Hughes Danbury Optical Systems, Inc.,

et al.; Prohibited Trade Practices, and

Affirmative Corrective Actions

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Consent order.

SUMMARY: In settlement of alleged

violations of federral law prohibiting

unfair or deceptive acts or practices and

unfair methods of competition, this

consent order prohibits, among other

things, the respondents from enforcing

the exclusivity provisions contained in

a teaming agreement—between Hughes

Danbury Optical Systems, Inc. and

Xinetics, Inc.—thereby ensuring that the

Boeing Corp. team has a source for

deformable mirrors other than Itek

Optical Systems, once Itek is acquired

by Hughes. The order also prohibits the

respondents from accessing proprietary

information from Itek regarding the

Boeing team’s airborne laser technical

design or the cost of its adaptive optics

system.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued

April 30, 1996.1

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann

Malester, FTC/S–2308, Washington, DC

20580. (202) 326–2682.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

Thursday, February 22, 1996, there was

published in the Federal Register, 61 FR

6847, a proposed consent agreement

with analysis In the Matter of Hughes

Danbury Optical Systems, Inc., et al., for

the purpose of soliciting public

comment. Interested parties were given

sixty (60) days in which to submit

comments, suggestions or objections

regarding the proposed form of the

order.

No comments having been received,

the Commission has ordered the

issuance of the complaint in the form

contemplated by the agreement, made

its jurisdictional findings and entered

an order to cease and desist, as set forth

in the proposed consent agreement, in

disposition of this proceeding.

(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interpret

or apply sec. 5, 38 Stat. 719, as amended; sec.

7, 38 Stat. 731, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 45, 18)

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–15305 Filed 6–14–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M

[Docket No. C–3645]

Johnson & Johnson; Prohibited Trade

Practices, and Affirmative Corrective

Actions

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Consent order.

SUMMARY: In settlement of alleged

violations of federal law prohibiting

unfair or deceptive acts or practices and

unfair methods of competition, this

consent order requires, among other

things, a New Jersey-based manufacturer

of health care products to divest, within

12 months, the Cordis Neuroscience

Business to a Commission-approved

acquirer. If the transaction is not

complete as required, then the

Commission may appoint a trustee.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued

March 19, 1996.1

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann

Malester, FTC/S–2308, Washington, DC

20580. (202) 326–2682.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

Tuesday, January 2, 1996, there was

published in the Federal Register, 61 FR

66, a proposed consent agreement with

analysis In the Matter of Johnson &

Johnson, for the purpose of soliciting

public comment. Interested parties were

given sixty (60) days in which to submit

comments, suggestions or objections

regarding the proposed form of the

order.

No comments having been received,

the Commission has ordered the

issuance of the complaint in the form

contemplated by the agreement, made

its jurisdictional findings and entered

an order to divest, as set forth in the

proposed consent agreement, in

disposition of this proceeding.

(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interpret

or apply sec. 5, 38 Stat. 719, as amended; sec.

7, 38 Stat. 731, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 45, 18)

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–15307 Filed 6–14–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M

[Dkt. C–3216]

L’Air Liquide S.A., et al.; Prohibited

Trade Practices and Affirmative

Corrective Actions

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Set aside order.

SUMMARY: This order reopens a 1987

consent order—which required L’Air

Liquide to divest certain specified air

separation gases assets and required

prior Commission approval before

making certain acquisitions—and sets

aside the consent order pursuant to the

Commission’s Prior Approval Policy

Statement, under which the

Commission presumes that the public

interest requires setting aside the prior

approval requirements in outstanding

merger orders and making them

consistent with the policy.

DATES: Consent order issued July 15,

1987. Set aside order issued February

15, 1996.1

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Daniel Ducore, FTC/S–2115,

Washington, D.C. 20580. (202) 326–

2526.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the

Matter of L’Air Liquide S.A., et al. The

prohibited trade practices and/or

corrective actions are removed as

indicated.

(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interpret

or apply sec. 5, 38 Stat. 719, as amended; sec.

7, 38 Stat. 731, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 45, 18)

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–15308 Filed 6–14–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M

[Dkt. C–3656]

Litton Industries, Inc.; Prohibited Trade

Practices, and Affirmative Corrective

Actions

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Consent order.

SUMMARY: In settlement of alleged

violations of federal law prohibiting

unfair or deceptive acts or practices and

unfair methods of competition, this

consent order requires, among other

things, the California-based corporation

to divest, within ninety days, PRC, Inc.’s

$40 million systems engineering and

technical assistance contract for the

Navy’s Aegis destroyer program. If the

divestiture is not completed as required,