Microsoft faced the FTC in court, defending its giant Activision Blizzard deal. On June 11th, a judge ruled in favor of allowing the deal to proceed, but the FTC might appeal and other hurdles ...

Microsoft’s key Xbox executives will defend the company’s $68.7 billion proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today in federal court.

Microsoft isn’t completely free of regulatory scrutiny, though, even if it comes out on top against the FTC. It still has the CMA to deal with. What’s next for the CMA ...

The Federal Trade Commission has sued to block Microsoft's $69 billion deal to buy Activision Blizzard, claiming that the mega-deal would stifle competition in the lucrative video-game industry ...

FTC loses bid to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which already happened in 2023; CWA union derides Microsoft layoffs when ‘the company is prospering’: ...

And the chair of the FTC, Lena Khan, was grilled on Capitol Hill. At least for now, it appears that the Microsoft-Activision deal will likely close. But Microsoft’s war with the FTC is far from ...

The FTC vote to sue Microsoft over the deal was 3-1, with commissioner Christine Wilson, who was appointed to the agency by Donald Trump, voting “no. ...

The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued to block Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, challenging one of the largest tech acquisitions in history.

A rift has emerged at the Federal Trade Commission over Microsoft’s $69 billion deal to acquire Activision — potentially paving the way for the controversial mega-merger to get approved, ...

The FTC’s investigation of Microsoft, which was first reported by the Financial Times and Bloomberg, is far from the company’s first brush with federal regulators over antitrust issues.

The Federal Trade Commission is suing Microsoft over its $69 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard, putting what would be the company’s largest acquisition ever in jeopardy.