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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) were both embarrassed in recent weeks by Microsoft when their justifications for blocking the Activision Blizzard acquisition were exposed as irrational nonsense. An… Continue reading A Tale of Two (OK, Three) Antitrust Regulators (Premium)
Like many, I’m curious how Activision Blizzard will impact Microsoft’s financial results going forward. And so I did some math. And then some outright guessing. And then some more math.
More to the point, I looked at the company’s quarterly revenues fo… Continue reading Microsoft + Activision Blizzard: Show Me the Money! (Premium)
The FTC granted Microsoft’s request to halt an internal trial that was scheduled for August, too late to prevent the Activision Blizzard acquisition.
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In yet another legal victory for Microsoft, a U.S. Appeals court has ruled against the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) emergency motion to halt the software giant’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
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U.S. District Court Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley handed Microsoft a stunning legal victory yesterday. She got almost everything exactly right.
As I’m sure you know, Microsoft announced that it intended to acquire Activision Blizzard in January 2022 fo… Continue reading This Time, Common Sense Prevailed (Premium)
In the wake of Microsoft’s stunning legal victory against the FTC, the UK CMA has agreed to renegotiate its decision against the software giant.
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I’ve already made the case for why the U.S Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is wrong about Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition, as has Microsoft, but now the agency has made the case by itself. Worse, it has proven that it doesn’t even understand… Continue reading The FTC Doesn’t Understand Its Role in Antitrust (Premium)
A federal court ruling will allow Microsoft and Activision Blizzard to argue their case in court two months earlier than previously expected.
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today filed a lawsuit against Microsoft to prevent it from acquiring Activision Blizzard.
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Microsoft keeps racking up victories in its attempt to acquire Activision Blizzard, with China becoming the 37th nation to OK the deal.
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