Let me get this straight. FTC chairwoman Deborah Platt Majoras saw now problems with Google’s acquisition of DoubleClick. She saw no reason to recusal from the review of the proposed acquisition. So at one time she was partner at Jones Day though not an equilty partner like her husband. 
He has since converted from an equity to a non-equity status at Jones Day. See everyone! No problems here.
As petitioners note, I formerly was a partner at Jones Day (though, for the record, not an equity partner, as the Petition incorrectly states). Accordingly, applicable conflict rules required that I recuse myself, for a period of one year, from any matter in which Jones Day represented a party. Under the applicable ethics rules, an employee has a “covered relationship” with, inter alia, “[a]ny person for whom the employee has, within the last year, served as officer, director, trustee, general partner, agent, attorney, consultant, contractor or employee[.]” 5 C.F.R. at § 2635.502(b)(1)(iv). I observed this “cooling off” period for 16 months, from August 2004, when I assumed my position, until January 1, 2006. via: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2007/12/google.shtm
Alright, she got us there. However, this did not stop FTC Chairwoman Deborah Platt Majoras from joining Jones Day during their 20-Year Anniversary celebration in May of 2007. I’m wondering how many other previous associates were invited to discuss “the important role of international law firms in promoting the rule of law and, ultimately, the establishment of market economies around the world.” Jones Day must value this “previous associate” more than the average to have her drop by for party.
