Administrative/Regulatory,
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Jun. 30, 2023
Don’t block the Microsoft-Activision merger
It is easy to sympathize with the FTC’s skepticism of increased marketplace concentration in the tech industry. Over the last decade, an increasing number of tech firms have violated the Sherman Antitrust Act and Clayton Act’s prohibition on monopolistic practices that restrain trade, limit competition, and increase consumer prices. However, Activision and Microsoft are not of this ilk.
In early July, Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley and the San Francisco U.S. District Court could determine the outcome of Microsoft's proposed merger with California-based game publisher Activision-Blizzard. Make no mistake about it: this highly anticipated ruling is about more than this one business transaction. As The New York Times pointed out, the case is viewed as a
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