<![CDATA[Consumer Groups Ask FTC Head To Recuse Herself - Consumerist Comments]]> <![CDATA[Consumer Groups Ask FTC Head To Recuse Herself - Consumerist Comments]]> <![CDATA[Consumer Groups Ask FTC Head To Recuse Herself]]> Oops. Guess even JonesDay thinks they are doing something wrong... The firm's announcement page has been pulled. You'd think that they'd know more about the company their client is merging with - Google's cache still has the announcement.

rhombopteryx

]]> <![CDATA[Consumer Groups Ask FTC Head To Recuse Herself]]> Who cares about what she's announced in the past? Blatant conflicts of interest by presidential appointees are, like B.S.D. says above, old hat with this presidency. So what if her husband stands to share in a bonus payment of millions of dollars if this deal goes through? I'm sure his share of that won't influence her at all. How about focusing on the other 800 pound gorrilla in this story? A major law firm told the FTC it is not working with Doubleclick on the U.S. case, but yet the firm's website advertises their antitrust skill, noting that they are working on the "U.S. antitrust and competition law aspects" of the deal. So screw antitrust, how is that not false advertising by JonesDay? There oughtta be an FTC investigation into that...

rhombopteryx

]]> <![CDATA[Consumer Groups Ask FTC Head To Recuse Herself]]> I don't know that she would have had to announce her reasons for recusing herself during the other reviews, just that she was. Course, that would have got people's attention, cuz there had to be some reason...

coren

]]> <![CDATA[Consumer Groups Ask FTC Head To Recuse Herself]]> We have been focused on the competition/market structure and privacy issues. It was only on Monday, that I examined some of the lobbying issues, and discovered the Jones Day/Doubleclick connection. Working with our colleague, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, we then prepared a legal brief for the recusal. All of these important issues require transparency and public accountability. That's why, in part, it was important to immediately file in this case--regardless of the political impact or the commission's final decision.

Jeff Chester
Center for Digital Democracy

chesterj1

]]> <![CDATA[Consumer Groups Ask FTC Head To Recuse Herself]]> @Bay State Darren: shouldn't!

Bay State Darren

]]> <![CDATA[Consumer Groups Ask FTC Head To Recuse Herself]]> Well then maybe she should be heading-aw hell, after six-plus years, we're used to this shit.

Bay State Darren

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