Info Warfare Consortium Bolsters Ranks with New Tech Partners
Published Date: 8/15/2025
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Summary
The Information Warfare Research Project Consortium just added a bunch of new members from all over the U.S. This update helps protect the group from big antitrust lawsuits, limiting damages to actual losses. If you’re part of these companies or interested in cybersecurity teamwork, this change kicks in starting July 9, 2025, with no direct cost impact.
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
New Members Gain Antitrust Liability Limit
On July 9, 2025, the Information Warfare Research Project Consortium filed notifications adding a list of companies (including AISensation LLC; Appian Corp.; Carnegie Mellon University dba Software Engineering Institute; SentinelOne, Inc.; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; and many others) as parties to the venture. The filing was made to extend the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993's provision that limits antitrust plaintiffs' recovery to actual damages for those parties.
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