Because Microsoft will not achieve dominant market share through its acquisition of Activision, the FTC has no legal cause to oppose the deal under U.S. antitrust laws. These laws are meant to ...
But things got really interesting in early December of last year, when the FTC sued to block Microsoft from acquiring Activision Blizzard, with preliminary hearings set to begin this August.
The so-called gamer’s lawsuit filed vs the Microsoft – Activision deal is soon set to be dismissed. This lawsuit is completely independent of the FTC lawsuit seeking to block the deal.
The FTC sued to block Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard purchase last year, and the case is still at the document discovery stage, with an evidentiary hearing scheduled for August 2nd.
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Microsoft contests the claim that the deal would give it any sort of monopoly. Xbox and Activision, the company said Friday in a response to the FTC lawsuit, "are just two of hundreds of game ...
This basically means that the FTC wants Microsoft to outline all of its future plans for any Activision-Blizzard properties when it pertains to exclusivity, along with any documents of a similar ...
The FTC has submitted an order for Microsoft and Activision Blizzard to share information related to a few key points of the big Xbox Activision deal – one point apparently being Microsoft's ...
As regulators continue to raise concerns over the Activision ... as the likes of the FTC and the UK's CMA cast regulatory concerns over the acquisition. Now it looks like Microsoft isn't leaving ...
and could do the same with Activision Blizzard titles like future Call of Duty releases. The FTC also argues that Microsoft needs to produce documents providing the details on its 10-year deal ...
This means Microsoft can claim they can get approval for the deal at May 22, 2023 at the earliest. The EU has now moved its final decision for the Microsoft – Activision deal to May 22, 2023.
