Organisation: Microsoft

Microsoft and Activision have postponed the deadline for completing their $68.7 billion merger by three months.

19 July 2023

The UK’s specialist competition tribunal has agreed to pause Microsoft’s appeal against the decision blocking its acquisition of Activision Blizzard after the merging parties revealed their plans to file a restructured deal to the country’s antitrust authority.

17 July 2023

Microsoft has been given a route to fight the UK block of its planned $69 billion acquisition of Activision after the Competition and Markets Authority yesterday said it will consider a “restructured” version of the deal.

13 July 2023

The Federal Trade Commission is fighting back against its failed attempt to halt Microsoft/Activision, though some practitioners say the lopsided loss highlights the pitfalls of the Biden Administration’s stance on mergers.

13 July 2023

A US court has allowed Microsoft to close its acquisition of Activision after rejecting a request by the Federal Trade Commission to temporarily halt the deal, as the merging parties and the UK’s competition watchdog renew discussions about a possible structural fix.

11 July 2023

Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft and Samsung have notified the European Commission about their potential gatekeeper status under the EU’s Digital Market Act, while Booking.com is expected to notify the agency at the end of the year.

04 July 2023

Canada’s Competition Bureau has asked Microsoft and Activision to inform the judge presiding over the Federal Trade Commission’s challenge to their merger that it also opposes the deal.

30 June 2023

Video game purchasers may proceed with their lawsuit seeking to block Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of Activision, a federal judge in San Francisco has ruled.

29 June 2023

The judge presiding over the Federal Trade Commission’s bid to stop Microsoft from buying Activision Blizzard has questioned the decision of the government’s expert to exclude personal computers and Nintendo from his analysis.

28 June 2023

Google and multiple antitrust advocacy groups are urging the Federal Trade Commission to police conduct they say inhibits competition for cloud computing services.

27 June 2023