FTI Consulting, Inc.
777 South Flagler Drive, Suite 1500 West Tower
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
May 20, 2011
VIA EDGAR AND FACSIMILE
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporate Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Re: | FTI Consulting, Inc. | |
| Registration Statement on Form S-4 | ||
| Filed March 25, 2011, as amended on May 9, 2011 and May 20, 2011 | ||
| File No. 333-173096 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, FTI Consulting, Inc. (the “Registrant”), and the subsidiary guarantors of the Registrant listed as co-registrants on Annex A hereto (the “Co-Registrants” and, together with the Registrant, the “Registrants”), hereby request that the effectiveness of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-173096) (the “Registration Statement”) be accelerated so that the Registration Statement becomes effective at 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on May 24, 2011 or as soon thereafter as is practicable.
The Registrants acknowledge that:
| • | should the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or its staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the Registration Statement effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the Registration Statement; |
| • | the action of the Commission or its staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the Registration Statement effective, does not relieve the Registrants from their full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosures in the Registration Statement; and |
| • | the Registrants may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. |
Please confirm that the Registration Statement has been declared effective by telephoning Joanne F. Catanese, Associate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Registrant at (410) 951-4867.
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Thank you for your attention to this matter.
| Very truly yours, | ||||
| FTI CONSULTING, INC. | ||||
| By: | /s/ Eric B. Miller | |||
| Name: | Eric B. Miller | |||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel | |||
| and Chief Ethics Officer | ||||
Annex A
| Co-Registrant |
I.R.S. Employer Identification Number | |
| Attenex Corporation |
91-2108490 | |
| Compass Lexecon LLC |
20-0302099 | |
| Competition Policy Associates, Inc. |
33-1034453 | |
| FD MWA Holdings Inc. |
05-0579952 | |
| FD U.S. Communications, Inc. |
13-3128710 | |
| FTI, LLC |
34-2025396 | |
| FTI Consulting LLC |
26-0455131 | |
| FTI General Partner LLC |
26-0659309 | |
| FTI Hosting LLC |
26-0659182 | |
| FTI International LLC |
20-5486544 | |
| FTI Investigations, LLC |
42-1684517 | |
| FTI SMG LLC |
26-2156158 | |
| FTI Technology LLC |
02-0736098 | |