Google Hires 12 Lobbying Firms Amid FTC’s Review of Business

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Google Inc., the world’s biggest Internet-search company, hired 12 lobbying firms after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission began a review of its business practices.

The company has enlisted Akin Gump, Bingham, Capitol Legislative Strategies, Chesapeake Group, Crossroad Strategies, Gephardt Group, Holland & Knight, Normandy Group, Prime Policy, the First Group, the Madison Group and the Raben Group, according to an e-mail from Google.