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Microsoft insists Activision-Blizzard was planning on mass layoffs before the merger

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As we've been covering, earlier this week the FTC filed a complaint to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, alleging that Microsoft misrepresented itself...
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MMO Business Roundup: Lockboxes, Twitch Korea, and the FTC’s latest MS/ABK merger appeal

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. The FTC vs. Microsoft and ABK - Surely you didn't think that "signing the...
Burn it all.

Fortnite’s $245M FTC settlement over COPPA violations means you might be entitled to a refund

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All right, people, hold your horses. The FTC is indeed giving out money from its settlement with Fortnite developer Epic Games, but it's specifically...
why does this continue

The ESRB seeks a COPPA provision to let apps scan children’s faces for age verification

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You might have heard the legal disclaimer "ask your parents' permission before going online" in some advertisements aimed at children, which is understandable because...
well then

The FTC suspends its administrative challenge of the Microsoft Activision-Blizzard merger

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It would seem as if the US Federal Trade Commission has read the suggested writing on the wall: The government body has officially withdrawn...
Among all the many, many ways you are terrible.

Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard file a legal request for the FTC to drop its August hearing

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Now that the US Federal Trade Commission has been handed two big losses in its challenge of the $69B merger between Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard,...

Rumor: Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard are negotiating an extension on their merger deal

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So it's July 18th, and you know what that means: It's national caviar day! And also national sour candy day! (Don't use these things...
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FTC loses its attempt at a pause of Microsoft ABK merger, Sony signs the 10-year Call of Duty agreement

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The US Federal Trade Commission was handed another loss in court this past weekend. Readers will remember that the government body was trying to...

The FTC asks the Ninth Circuit for a ‘temporary pause’ of Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard merger

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The judge presiding over the FTC's last-minute attempts to halt the signing of the acquisition deal between Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard has denied the FTC's...
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Yes, the FTC is appealing the decision not to block Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard merger

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It's no surprise at all, but yes, the Federal Trade Commission has indeed filed an appeal of Tuesday's US District Court of Northern California...
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FTC uses Zenimax’s current exclusivity as a primary argument against Microsoft’s ActiBlizz buyout in court

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The long-brewing legal battle between the US Federal Trade Commission and Microsoft has begun in earnest, as this week saw the FTC and Microsoft...

Court grants FTC temporary restraining order to block Microsoft/ABK merge ahead of ongoing lawsuit

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Yesterday, we reported on the FTC's appeal to the US District Court of Northern California to block Microsoft's buyout of Activision-Blizzard. The FTC maintained...

FTC asks US court to block alleged Microsoft/ABK plan to ‘consummate’ merge despite ongoing lawsuit

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So remember how the Microsoft buyout of Activision-Blizzard was supposed to be all wrapped up by June of 2023? We're kinda there now, with...
great work, guy!

Microsoft is hit with $20M fine for collecting the personal information of children on Xbox

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Microsoft has earned the ire of the US Federal Trade Commission and has been slapped with a $20M fine by the government agency for...
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FTC finalizes fine for Fortnite’s dark patterns as Epic talks up NFT ‘games’ on EGS

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Usually when people says things are going "pretty well," your first sympathetic instinct is to ask about what might be troubling them; those words...

The FTC grants Microsoft’s request for Sony docs as leaks say the EU will approve ABK merger

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Remember back when Sony accused Microsoft of "harassment" for requesting internal documents from Sony that would aid Microsoft in defending its Activision-Blizzard merger before...
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Sony argues Microsoft’s doc request in FTC lawsuit is tantamount to harassment

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The legal claws are coming out between Microsoft and Sony, apparently. Legal filings placed by both companies that involve Sony trying to fight Microsoft's...
well then

Gamer lawsuit over Activision-Blizzard buyout proceeds as Microsoft puts billions into OpenAI

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Last month we reported on a lawsuit filed by self-described gamers who were trying to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision-Blizzard; the filing used several...

Microsoft buyout faces pushback from the UK as Google and Nvidia express concerns about the deal to the FTC

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The billion-dollar buyout of Activision-Blizzard from Microsoft was likely never going to be a smooth transaction, but we suspect all parties involved weren't expecting...
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Microsoft walks back constitutional rights complaints in re-filed response to FTC antitrust lawsuit

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Microsoft caused plenty of eye rolling and head shaking when it filed its response to the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust lawsuit, claiming among other...

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