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20080390: Robert J. Schlegel; Melton L. Bacon
Proposed Acquisition of Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners V, LP, (Click Holding Company) By Google Inc.
Multiple Listing Service, Inc.; Analysis of Agreement Containing Consent Order to Aid Public Comment
Online Behavioral Advertising: Moving the Discussion Forward to Possible Self-Regulatory Principles: Statement of the Bureau of Consumer Protection Proposing Governing Principles For Online Behavioral Advertising and Requesting Comment
Statement of the Federal Trade Commission Concerning Google/DoubleClick
Concurring Statement of Commissioner Jon Leibowitz in the Google/DoubleClick Matter
Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Harbour In the Matter of Google/DoubleClick
ValueAct Partners, LP, United States of America (for the FTC)
In December 2007, the Commission challenged ValueAct Captial Partners’ violations of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Pre-Merger Notification Act’s filing requirements related to the acquisition of stock in three companies, Gartner, Inc., Catalina marketing Group, and Acxiom Corp. The firm previously violated the HSR filing requirements in 2003, and after making corrective filings, and agreeing to put HSR safeguards into place to ensure compliance with the filing requirements, the Commission decided to take no action. However, ValueAct failed to enact the necessary preventative measures and again violated the HSR filing requirements with its aforementioned acquisitions resulting in the Commission seeking civil penalties in the amount of $1.1 million.