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The Ninth Circuit denied the FTC’s emergency motion for an injunction on July 14, 2023 and Microsoft officially completed the merger with Activision in October 13, 2023. See Fed. Trade Comm’n v.
Big news for gamers: the FTC just lost its appeal against Microsoft’s huge $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. This means the deal, finalized in October 2023, is now set in stone.
The FTC have themselves ended their action vs. the Microsoft Activision deal. The FTC revealed plans to investigate the deal shortly after Microsoft announced it in 2022.
FTC abandons Biden-era effort to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard The logo for Microsoft, and a scene from Activision "Call of Duty - Modern Warfare," are shown in this photo ...
The FTC has officially dropped its case against Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, clearing the way for the deal to proceed in the US after intense regulatory scrutiny.
The FTC lost an appeal on May 7 seeking to reverse a judge's decision declining to block the Microsoft-Activision deal, which closed in 2023.
Microsoft fired back at the FTC's lawsuit, claiming in 2022 that the deal would make Activision's games "more broadly available" through platform expansions "like Nintendo." Microsoft would go on ...
Microsoft Activision deal worked out in Sony’s favor after all According to Bloomberg, the court reaffirmed a trial judge’s ruling that rejected FTC’s appeal against the merger.
Earlier Thursday, the FTC said it was dismissing a lawsuit against PepsiCo that was filed by the Democratic-controlled FTC in January. Microsoft announced a $69 billion acquisition of Activision ...
Earlier Thursday, the FTC said it was dismissing a lawsuit against PepsiCo that was filed by the Democratic-controlled FTC in January. Microsoft announced a $69 billion acquisition of Activision ...
The Republican-controlled Federal Trade Commission is abandoning a Biden-era effort to block Microsoft’s purchase of Call of Duty video game maker Activision Blizzard. In an order issued ...