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DoubleClick Goes MIA At FTC Chief's Old Law Firm

Posted by kdawson on from the now-you-see-it dept.

theodp writes "FTC Chairwoman Deborah Platt Majoras has refused to recuse herself from the agency's review of Google's $3.1B DoubleClick acquisition, despite her current and past ties to DoubleClick law firm Jones Day. EPIC and the Center for Digital Democracy, which had requested her recusal, are keeping up the pressure as DoubleClick-related pages and references have been disappearing from Jones Day's website. Although the statement issued by the Chairwoman suggests Jones Day's DoubleClick representation is limited to the European Commission, the Google cache of one MIA document boasts: 'Jones Day is advising DoubleClick Inc., the digital marketing technology provider, on the international and US antitrust and competition law aspects of its planned $3.1 billion acquisition by Google Inc.'"

5 of 39 comments (clear)

  1. Privacy by proudfoot · · Score: 3, Funny

    The privacy groups oppose the merger because, they said, it would give one company too much private information about consumers. These fears are unfounded. Google has made enough information available for everyone, and I don't think DoubleClick really has any information that can identify you personally.
    1. Re:Privacy by iminplaya · · Score: 2, Funny

      But if Googel acquire DoubleClick, you won't have choice, Google will gather information about you.

      Even if
      127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net ?

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      What?
  2. Re:Ethics? by AuMatar · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually, I think that returns 404.

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    I still have more fans than freaks. WTF is wrong with you people?
  3. WTF? by Cctoide · · Score: 3, Funny

    I was going to read TFA but I went MIA, probably due to a PEBKAC. Will give a sitrep ASAP.

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    "Let's face it, it's a good story. Accuracy would kill it."
  4. Lawyers BREEDING!!!??? by whitehatlurker · · Score: 2, Funny

    Besides, you can't realistically have a rule against marriages between lawyers

    Really! Lawyers MARRYING!??? BREEDING??? In this day and age!

    WELL! There should be laws against this sort of thing!!

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    .. paranoid crackpot leftover from the days of Amiga.