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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 ...
The FTC confirmed on Thursday it would be dropping its almost two-year long case against Microsoft's deal. The FTC has moved to dismiss saying, “The Commission has determined that the public ...
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.
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 ...
Microsoft president Brad Smith on X called the FTC's retreat "a victory for players across the country and for common sense in Washington, D.C." ...
TL;DR: The FTC has officially dismissed its antitrust case against Microsoft's $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, ending legal challenges to the largest video game merger in history.
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 ...
FTC drops antitrust case against Microsoft’s $69bn Activision deal Despite Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard closing in 2023, the FTC has continued to put pressure on the deal. However, ...
The FTC’s move to block the acquisition is rooted in concerns that Microsoft, the maker of the Xbox console, would gain control of high-level video game franchises and enable it to harm ...
Julie Brill, former commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, has been named corporate vice president and deputy general counsel for privacy and regulatory affairs at Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT).
The Microsoft-Activision deal may be in jeopardy. According to the New York Times, the Federal Trade Commission has filed an antitrust lawsuit to block Microsoft’s acquisition of the popular ...