FTC Head Won't Recuse From Google Deal
An AP newswire article by Christopher S. Rugaber, via SFGate.com, reports that:
The head of the Federal Trade Commission said Friday she won't remove herself from an antitrust review of Google Inc.'s purchase of online advertising company DoubleClick, rebuffing requests from privacy groups opposed to the transaction.More here.
Deborah Platt Majoras, chairwoman of the FTC, said she has reviewed a petition from the groups with the agency's ethics official and other staff, and determined that "the relevant laws and rules...neither require nor support recusal."
The Electronic Privacy Information Center and the Center for Digital Democracy said in a petition Wednesday that Majoras' husband, John M. Majoras, is a partner at the Jones Day law firm. The groups alleged that DoubleClick hired Jones Day to represent the company before the FTC on its acquisition by Google, the leading Internet search company.
posted by Fergie @ 12/14/2007 11:06:00 AM
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