Groups ask FTC chair to recuse in Google-DoubleClick review
Two privacy groups are asking the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission to recuse herself from the agency’s review of Google’s proposed acquisition of online ad firm DoubleClick because her husband’s law firm is advising DoubleClick on antitrust.
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The FTC deadline for its review was to have been December 13, but has been extended. Meanwhile, the European Commission has until April 2 to review the proposed merger.
