Toll-free statute of limitations: The Tipline for 14 June 2023

Boot up your time machine and grab a bag of coins. Rivals have accused Verizon of illegally monopolising the market for payphone services in New York City to drive up prices. The payphone providers’ claims may be destined to disappear like the phone booths of yesteryear as the lawsuit focuses on conduct that occurred between 1997 and 2006. Also in Tipline, Microsoft is ordered not to close its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, with an evidentiary hearing scheduled for next week.