EU antitrust regulators clear $69B Microsoft, Activision deal

Re:EU antitrust regulators clear $69B Microsoft, Activision ... by nerdypirate on Monday May 15, 2023 @10:56AM (#35949217)

What happens now? The acquisition was banned in the UK

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Re:EU antitrust regulators clear $69B Microsoft, Activision ... by downvotetruth on Monday May 15, 2023 @11:03AM (#35949323)

Microsoft’s appeal in the UK will likely take months, but it may help the chance of the deal. The US, UK, China, South Korea, New Zealand, and Australia are all still reviewing the deal. https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/15/23723703/microsoft-activi...

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Re:EU antitrust regulators clear $69B Microsoft, Activision ... by PretzelPirate on Monday May 15, 2023 @01:48PM (#35951877)

Microsoft is fighting the CMA and hired a big-name lawyer who is supposedly good at it.

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Re:EU antitrust regulators clear $69B Microsoft, Activision ... by blibble on Monday May 15, 2023 @02:00PM (#35952085)

the only way you can fight a CMA ruling is to show a procedural error

and given they knew who they'd be going up against, I suspect they were fastidious

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Re:EU antitrust regulators clear $69B Microsoft, Activision ... by Hamuko on Monday May 15, 2023 @04:26PM (#35954045)

And as far as I've understood it, winning an appeal against the CMA just means that the CMA has to process the merger again.

CMA ruled that Facebook had to divest Giphy, it was appealed, sent back to CMA and CMA still ruled that Facebook had to divest.

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Re:EU antitrust regulators clear $69B Microsoft, Activision ... by reaperman on Monday May 15, 2023 @02:02PM (#35952123)

I suppose they could just not operate in the UK, but that seems unlikely.

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Re:EU antitrust regulators clear $69B Microsoft, Activision ... by TheLoafOfBread on Monday May 15, 2023 @02:35PM (#35952621)

I guess we will see what Global Britain actually means.

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