Tag archive: Deborah Platt

It would appear that last week’s statement from Federal Trade Commission head Deborah Platt Majoras has done nothing to placate those who believe she should step down in the commission’s review of the Google-DoubleClick acquisition. Although Majoras denied that her husband had a vested interest in Jones Day, a law firm that has worked with DoubleClick in the past, privacy groups still claim she must recuse herself, and have even… Read More

As if the Federal Trade Commission’s review of Google’s $3.1-billion DoubleClick acquisition weren’t dramatic enough given the companies and money involved, a squabble between the FTC head Deborah Platt Majoras and groups calling for her to step down in the case has made matters even more interesting. The Electronics Privacy Information Center and Center for Digital Democracy originally called for Majoras to recuse… Read More

The Center for Digital Democracy and the Electronic Privacy Information Center have filed a petition (PDF) with the Federal Trade Commission asking that FCC chairman Deborah Platt Majoras recuse herself from investigating the pending merger between Internet giant Google and online advertising and tracking firm DoubleClick. The reason? Majoras's husband is an antitrust lawyer for the international law firm Jones Day, which has been… Read More