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FTC v. Microsoft Corporation, et al

  1. December 06, 2023

    9th Circ. Mulls Failed Bids To Pause Microsoft's Activision Buy

    Attorneys for the Federal Trade Commission and for a group of gamers told the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday that a lower court wrongly denied their respective preliminary injunction requests to pause Microsoft's $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard, which closed in October, saying insufficient scrutiny was applied to the blockbuster deal.

  2. November 14, 2023

    FTC Tells 9th Circ. That Microsoft Gets Standards All Wrong

    Microsoft's defense of its since-closed purchase of Activision is couched in the wrong legal standards, the Federal Trade Commission told the Ninth Circuit, arguing the district judge who rejected its initial challenge should have preserved the status quo for the FTC's in-house proceedings.

  3. October 16, 2023

    Microsoft Tells 9th Circ. UK OK On Activision Is Good Enough

    The United Kingdom's decision to greenlight Microsoft's $68.7 billion deal with Activision Blizzard is reason enough to stop the Ninth Circuit from reviving a failed bid to pause the merger while it's being challenged by gamers and the Federal Trade Commission, the tech behemoth has argued.

  4. September 27, 2023

    FTC Revives In-House Challenge Of Microsoft, Activision Deal

    The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is reviving its in-house opposition of Microsoft's planned $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard, while the agency waits to learn whether the Ninth Circuit will overturn the lower court's decision to deny the government's request to temporarily pause the transaction.

  5. September 14, 2023

    Ex-Enforcers, Others Back Microsoft In Activision Appeal

    Former federal and state enforcers, unions, business groups and others threw their support behind Microsoft on Wednesday for the tech giant's fight against the Federal Trade Commission's Activision merger challenge at the Ninth Circuit.

  6. September 07, 2023

    Microsoft Urges 9th Circ. To Reject FTC's Activision Challenge

    Microsoft Corp. has told the Ninth Circuit that a lower court stuck to the facts and applied the right standard when rejecting the Federal Trade Commission's case challenging its planned $68.7 billion purchase of video game-maker Activision Blizzard Inc.

  7. August 28, 2023

    Microsoft, Activision Ruling 'Riddled With Errors,' FTC Says

    The Federal Trade Commission told the Ninth Circuit that a lower court's ruling refusing to pause Microsoft's $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard was "riddled with errors," saying questions presented over the merger's likelihood to stifle competition warrant giving the commission a chance to determine the antitrust merits.

  8. August 17, 2023

    Microsoft Can Hurt Rivals In Different Ways, 9th Circ. Told

    A group of law professors backed the Federal Trade Commission's Ninth Circuit appeal against Microsoft's planned $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard, arguing in an amicus brief that a district court wrongly equated "total" foreclosure of access to Activision games with only "partial" foreclosure.

  9. August 15, 2023

    Antitrust Watchers Are About To Have Their Hands Full

    A deluge of trials and key hearings are slated for the coming weeks in antitrust cases spread across the country, including the first expected trials for monopolization claims against Google, trials in a variety of other conduct cases from enforcers and private parties, and hearings on several merger challenges.

  10. August 10, 2023

    FTC Continuing With 9th Circ. Microsoft-Activision Appeal

    The Federal Trade Commission put to rest lingering questions about its Ninth Circuit appeal of a district court decision allowing Microsoft to close its planned $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard when it disclosed Wednesday night that it would continue with its request for a preliminary injunction suspending the acquisition.

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