FTC circling the lawyers on Google-AdMob deal

The Federal Trade Commission is inching closer to a decision on whether to challenge Google's pending acquisition of AdMob.

Staff members inside the regulatory group have been asked to start preparing for the possibility of action against Google, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. That doesn't mean they are necessarily planning to take action, but the move--coming weeks after reports that AdMob competitors were being asked to weigh in on the deal--shows that the FTC clearly hasn't decided against it, either.

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