The Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court's ruling that Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard did not violate antitrust laws. The Federal Trade Commission had sued to ...

An appeals court has rejected the Federal Trade Commission's challenge to Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. As reported by Reuters, the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit ...

Microsoft completed its acquisition of Activision Blizzard in October 2023, however, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) would file an appeal in December 2023 in an attempt to overturn the court ...

A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a legal challenge by the Federal Trade Commission to Microsoft's $69 billion purchase of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard. The San Francisco ...

Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard is free of legal drama after the FTC lost its appeal against an earlier denial. Despite antitrust concerns, Microsoft's $68.7 billion acquisition of ...

The Activision Blizzard transaction marked the largest-ever acquisition in the video gaming market. The deal closed in late 2023 after competition authorities in the UK approved it. The purchase ...

With Microsoft's deal to buy Activision Blizzard already approved, it's unclear how the two companies could have been untangled had the appeal been successful. Microsoft's acquisition of ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has lost its appeal of a ruling in its case against Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. In 2023, the FTC requested a preliminary ...

Microsoft has secured another victory over the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in its quest to secure Activision Blizzard. Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard has faced scrutiny from ...

TL;DR: Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard faced intense antitrust scrutiny from the FTC over potential market dominance and exclusivity concerns. After investigation ...