2110002 Informal Interpretation

She inberg, Samuel I.
From: 	HSRHelp
Se nt: 	Tuesday, October 12, 2021 11 :07 AM
To: 	Wa lsh, Kathryn E. ; Berg, Ka ren E. ; She inberg, Samuel I.; Six, Anne; Musick, Vesselina; Shaffer, Kristin
S ubj ect : 	FW: Item 4(c) - Authors and Rec ipients of Ema ils
From: Whitehead, Nora < nwhitehead@ftc.go v>
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Subject: RE: Item 4(c) - Authors and Rec ipients of Emai ls
You may li st only the authors and recipients of the ema il s w ith the 4c content.
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Se nt : Tuesda y, October 12, 20212:22 AM
To: Walsh , Kath ry n E. <kwalsh@ftc.gov>; Berg, Ka r en E.<KBERG@ftc.gov>; Sheinberg, Samuel I.
<SSHE INBERG@ftc.gov>; Six, Anne <as ix@ftc.gov>; Whitehead, Nora <nwhitehead@ftc.gov>; Musick , Ves seli na
<vmusick@ftc.gov>; Shaffer, Kristin <kshaffer@ftc.go v>
Subject : FW: Item 4(c) - Authors and Rec ipients of Ema ils
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He ll o PNO Staff,
We ha ve a question regarding ho w to describe an email th read in the documentary attachment li st. The Item 4(c)
tipsheet at https://www. ftc .gov/system/files/attachments/hsr-resources/4ctipsheet.pdf indicates:
The description of the email chain in a 4(c) log
would li st the range of dates beginning w ith the
date of the reply email and end w ith the original
email dow n the chain. The names and tit les of all
authors and recipients should also be listed in the
4(c) log. If the reply contained 4(c) content but the
origi na l do wn the chain did not, you would in cl ude
the ent ire chain as a 4(c) document and describe it
in the 4(c) log as di scu ssed abov e. If the origi na l
email contained 4(c) content, but no replies to or
for warding of the original email contained 4(c)
content, then on ly the origi na l email would be
responsive to Item 4(c).
Where the 10th email in an email chain is contains responsive 4(c) content, but none of the prior 9 contain re sponsive
content, is it sufficient to list just the autho r and recipients of the last responsive email, the 10th in the chain? Or if not , is
it sufficient to list all authors, i dentify ing them as the authors, and a ll recipients and identifying them as r ec ipients, of
the ent ire email chain wi thout separ at ing them out by date?
Where 2 of the 10 emails in the th read contain responsive 4(c) c ontent, do we need to provide just the authors and
r ec ipient(s) of the t wo responsive emai ls in the chain or an ent ire list of the autho rs and r ec ipients for each of the 10
emails compri si ng the email chain?
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