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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 16', '§16', '§16', '§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 18', '§ 18']

Certificate of Compliance with Provisions of the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act : U.S. and Plaintiff States v. Comcast Corp., et al.
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
STATE OF FLORIDA, STATE OF MISSOURI, STATE OF TEXAS, and STATE OF WASHINGTON,
Plaintiffs, v. COMCAST CORP., GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., and NBC UNIVERSAL, INC., Defendants. |
| CASE: 1:11-cv-00106
Date Filed: 06/29/2011 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE WITH PROVISIONS
OF THE ANTITRUST PROCEDURES AND PENALTIES ACT Plaintiff United States of America, by the undersigned attorney, hereby certifies that, in compliance with the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act, 15 U.S.C. § 16(b)-(h) ("APPA" or "Tunney Act"), the following procedures have been followed in preparation for the entry of the proposed Final Judgment in the above-captioned matter:
1.	The United States and defendants stipulated to the entry of the proposed Final Judgment on January 13, 2011. At the Court's request, the United States and the defendants re-filed their stipulation on February 17, 2011. This re-filed stipulation was identical to the earlier one except for the last page which contained signature blocks for the parties as well as the Court. This stipulation was entered by the Court on February 20, 2011.
2.	The proposed Final Judgment was filed with the Court on January 18, 2011.
4.	The Competitive Impact Statement ("CIS") was filed with the Court on January 18, 2011.
5.	The proposed Final Judgment and CIS were published in the Federal Register on January 31, 2011. See 76 Fed. Reg. 5,440 (2011).
6.	A summary of the terms of the proposed Final Judgment and CIS was published in The Washington Post, a newspaper of general circulation in the District of Columbia, for seven days beginning on January 28, 2011, and ending on February 7, 2011 (see attached).
7.	Copies of the Stipulation and Order, proposed Final Judgment, and CIS were furnished to all persons requesting them and made available on the Antitrust Division's Internet site.
8.	As required by 15 U.S.C. §16(g), defendants jointly filed with the Court on April 18, 2011, a description of written or oral communications by or on behalf of each defendant, or any other person, with any officer or employee of the United States concerning the proposed Final Judgment.
9.	The sixty-day comment period prescribed by 15 U.S.C. §16(b) and (d) for the receipt and consideration of written comments, during which the proposed Final Judgment could not be entered, ended on April 9, 2011.
10.	The United States received eight comments on the proposed Final Judgment. The United States filed its Response to Public Comments and the comments themselves with this Court on June 6, 2011. The United States published the Response and the comments in the Federal Register on June 14, 2011, see 76 Fed. Reg. 34,750 (2011), and posted complete versions of the comments with attachments and exhibits on the Antitrust Division's website at http://www.justice.gov/atr/cases/comcast.html.
11.	The parties have now satisfied all the requirements of the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act, 15 U.S.C. § 16(b)-(h), as a condition for entering the proposed Final Judgment, and it is now appropriate for the Court to make the necessary public interest determinations required by 15 U.S.C. § 16(e) and to enter the proposed Final Judgment.
__/s/_Yvette F. Tarlov______________
Yvette F. Tarlov (D.C. Bar #442452) Attorney
Telecommunications & Media Enforcement Section Antitrust Division
Email: Yvette.Tarlov@usdoj.gov Ad
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ATTN: JENNIFER WOLK
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The Washington Post Company hereby certifies that it is the publisher of
The Washington Post; that The Washington Post is a newspaper of general circulation,
published daily in the City of Washington, District of Columbia; that
The Washington Post has been so published continuously for more than one year prior to
the date of first publication of the notice mentioned below; that the undersigned person
is the duly authorized agent of The Washington Post Company to execute this certificate on
its behalf; and that a notice of which the annexed is a true copy was printed and published
in said newspaper on the following date(s) at a cost of $1,985.96
and was circulated in the Washington metropolitan area. Published 1 time (s) . Date (s) : 28 of January 2011
By _/s/_Kadedhra Greenridge______
Kadedhra Greenridge
BILLING SUPERVISOR Department of Justice Antitrust Division Take notice that a proposed Final Judgment has been
filed in a civil antitrust case, United States of America, et al. v. Comcast Corp., et al., Civil
No. 1:11-cv-00106. On January 18, 2011, the United States filed a Complaint alleging that the
proposed joint venture between Comcast Corp. and General Electric Co., which would give Comcast
control over NBC Universal, Inc., would violate Section 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 18. The proposed Final Judgment, filed simultaneously with the Complaint, requires the defendants to
license the joint venture's content to online video programming distributors under certain conditions,
relinquish its management rights in Hulu, LLC, and subject itself to Open Internet and antiretaliation
provisions, along with other requirements. A Competitive Impact Statement also filed
simultaneously by the United States describes the Complaint, the proposed Final Judgment, the
industry, and the remedies available to private litigants who may be injured by the alleged
violation. Copies of the Complaint, proposed Final Judgment, and Competitive Impact Statement are
available for inspection at the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Antitrust Documents
Group, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Suite 1010, Washington, DC 20530 (telephone: 202-514-2481); on the
Department of Justice's Web site at http://www.usdoj.gov/atr; and at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Interested persons may address comments to Nancy Goodman, Chief, Telecommunications & Media Enforcement Section, Antitrust Division,
Department of Justice, 450 Fifth Street, NW, Suite 7000, Washington, DC 20530 (telephone: 202-514- 5621) within sixty (60) days of the date of this notice. Ad
District of Columbia, ss., Personally appeared before me, a Notary Public in and for the
said District, Kadedhra Greenidge well known to me to be BILLING SUPERVISOR
of The Washington Post, a daily newspaper published in the City of Washington,
District of Columbia, and making oath in due form of law that an advertisement containing
the language annexed hereto was published in said newspaper on the dates mentioned in the
certificate herein.
The Washington Post, a daily newspaper, upon the following date(s) at a cost of $10,751.84
Published 6 time(s). Date(s) :31 of January 2011
01,02,03,04 and 07 of February 2011 Account: 2010170588 ____________________/s/ Kadedhra Greenridge________
Witness my hand and officail seal this _07_ day of _February__ 20 _11_
____________________/s/ Maxine M. Williams___________
Maxine M. Williams
Notary Public, District Columbia
My Commision Expires 11/14/2015
My commission expires ________________________________________________________
Department of Justice Antitrust Division Take notice that a proposed Final Judgment has been
proposed joint venture b.etween Comcast Corp. and General Electric Co., which would give Comcast
control over NBC Universal, Inc., would violate Section 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 18.
proposed Final Judgment, filed simultaneously with the Complaint, requires the defendants to
the joint venture's content to online video programming distributors under certain conditions,
violation. Copies of the Complaint, proposed Final Judgment, and Competitive Impact Statement
Group, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Suite 1010, Washington, DC 20530 (telephone: 202-514-2481)j on the
Department of Justice's Web site at http://www.usdoj.gov/atrj and at the Office of the Clerk of
United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Interested persons may address
to Nancy Goodman, Chief, Telecommunications & Media Enforcement Section, Antitrust Division,
Department of Justice, 450 Fifth Street, NW, Suite 7000, Washington, DC 20530 (telephone:
202-514-
5621) within sixty (60) days of the date of this notice.