The red dragon Alexstrasza is one of the major characters in the newest World of Warcraft expansion, Dragonflight. (Blizzard Image) The U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday that it intends to sue to block Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of giant game developer Activision Blizzard. If the FTC is able to […]
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FTC Sues to Block Microsoft’s $69 Billion Acquisition of Activision
The deal between Microsoft and Activision has been under review by 16 regulators around the world, but the F.T.C. is the first of three key regulators, including in Britain and the European Union, to reach a decision on the acquisition. Microsoft has argued that the deal benefits consumers because Microsoft […]
Lina Khan, Aiming to Block Microsoft’s Activision Deal, Faces a Challenge
Lina Khan, the chair of the Federal Trade Commission, has pledged to usher in a new era of trustbusting of America’s corporate giants, recently saying the agency plans to “enforce the antitrust laws to ensure maximal efficacy.” Now Ms. Khan has staked that ambitious agenda on a case that may […]
FTC sues to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision
Comment on this story Comment The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday took its most aggressive actions since Lina Khan became chair to rein in the power of Big Tech, pursuing a lawsuit to block Microsoft’s acquisition of a game developer on the same day it opened arguments in another case […]