Probe Amplifies Conflict-of-Interest Questions for Chamber of Commerce Chief
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As president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Thomas J. Donohue has long been obliged to talk tough against federal regulation, especially by the Securities and Exchange Commission. But now, it's personal.
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By RACHEL KONRAD SAN FRANCISCO - Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairwoman Patricia Dunn is under scrutiny from business and ethics experts after she oversaw an invasive and possibly illegal effort to snoop into the home phone calls of fellow HP board members.
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The U.S. Department of Justice is asking questions about conduct by Hewlett-Packard Co. that has embroiled the technology company in controversy.
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Incumbent California GOP lawmakers facing ethics questions:
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Two senior U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday raised questions about the Securities and Exchange Commission's handling of an insider trading investigation that involved hedge fund Pequot Capital and John Mack, chief executive of Wall Street giant Morgan Stanley .
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A U.S. communications regulator sought a probe on Thursday into whether commentator Armstrong Williams broke the law by promoting the Bush administration's education plan on television and radio without properly disclosing compensation his firm received.
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U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras is consulting with the agency&#39;s ethics officer to see if she should recuse herself from a review of&#160;Google&#39;s planned acquisition of online ad network DoubleClick.On Wednesday, two technology lobbying organizations called on Majoras to recuse herself, citing her husband&#39;s involvement in the matter. John Majoras is a partner with Jones Day, the law firm that is advising DoubleClick on antitrust issues relating to the US$3.1 billion buyout. Jones Day representatives, including John Majoras, did not immediately return calls seeking comment.Chairman Majoras &quot;has previously recused herself in similar matters for similar reasons where there was a lesser conflict of interest,&quot; representatives of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) wrote in a complaint submitted to the U.S. regulator late Wednesday. &quot;It is clear that she must recuse herself now.&quot;The chairman is now reviewing the matter with the FTC&#39;s chief ethics officer, Christian White, but an FTC spokeswoman on Wednesday downplayed the possible conflict of interest. John Majoras&#39; law firm has not appeared before the FTC in this matter, according to FTC spokeswoman Claudia Farrell. &quot;We learned only yesterday that Jones Day is representing DoubleClick before the European Commission, not the Federal Trade Commission,&quot; she said.Even so, the Jones Day connection may have influenced FTC staffers or the chairman herself, said Jeff Chester, executive director with the CDD. &quot;There&#39;s no question that there&#39;s a stealth set of influences here that could have shaped the staff opinion,&quot; he said. &quot;We do not know what impact it might have on the chairman.&quot;Jones Day is advising DoubleClick on &quot;international and U.S. antitrust and competition law aspects of its planned $3.1 billion acquisition by Google,&quot; the law firm says in a note on its Web site.The deal has come under scrutiny from regulators in the U.S. and Europe who are examining whether it will give Google too much control over the Internet advertising market and too much data on the online behavior of its users.&#160;
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Arthur Weinstein, a Manhattan lawyer and Vice President of the Council of New York Cooperatives, is taking questions from City Room readers this week.
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The outside directors of Marsh &amp; McLennan (MMC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) have talked to New York&#39;s attorney general about having its chief executive step aside amid a probe into its business practices, the Wall Street Journal said
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Two senior U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday  raised questions about the Securities and Exchange Commission's  handling of an insider trading investigation that involved  hedge fund Pequot Capital and John Mack, chief executive of  Wall Street giant Morgan Stanley .
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Business & money: Operation at Currys and PC World-owner part of inquiry into allegations of anti-competitive practices
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By Mike Torralba, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Dec. 10--MONROE -- The Union County Chamber of Commerce met last week with a representative of U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole and asked her to help speed up the bureaucratic process in building the Monroe bypass projects.
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A former Hewlett-Packard Co.   HPQ.N board member has asked U.S. prosecutors, as well as   U.S. trade and communications regulators, to review an HP   investigation in which directors' and journalists' private   phone records were accessed.
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It's question-and-answer time for the government's senior executives.
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Lawyers for customers suing Merck &amp; Co. want to question CEO Raymond Gilmartin about what he knew about the dangers of Vioxx before the company withdrew the drug from the market because of health hazards.
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Democrats and others question the FCC chief's request to allow an official with a conflict of interest to break an expected tie vote.
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An independent inquiry is helping to defuse a controversy over ink used in Saturday&#39;s election. By Scott Baldauf | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.