Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it will not seek to block Google Inc.’s proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of Internet advertising server DoubleClick Inc. In a 4-1 vote to close its eight-month investigation of the transaction, the Commission wrote in its majority statement that “after carefully reviewing the evidence, we have concluded that Google’s proposed acquisition of DoubleClick is unlikely to substantially lessen competition.”

• Proposed Acquisition of Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners V, LP, (Click Holding Company) By Google Inc., File No. 071 0170
• Statement of the Commission
• Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Harbour
• Concurring Statement of Commissioner Leibowitz
• Closing Letter to Counsel for Google Inc.
• Closing Letter to Counsel for Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners V, LP
• 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 – Text of Staff Statement
• EPIC and CDD have raised far-reaching objections to the merger. EPIC Statement.
• European Consumers’ Organisation: Google/DoubleClick: Consumers’ privacy is at stake >>Press release >>Letter to Commissioner Kroes
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