Microsoft’s video game Behmot Activation Blazard’s efforts to stop it were successfully completed by the US Federal Trade Commission, after a year of $ 69 billion. A Federal Appeal Court has rejected the appeal of the FTC’s decision, which denies a preliminary order against the agreement, stating that the lower court has applied the “right legal standard” and the FTC has not shown that its case is likely to be won.
If all this seems a bit of a “delayed response”, right, you are not wrong, but such a system works. The short version is that as part of its fight against acquisition, the FTC requested a preliminary order against it in June 2023, which will withhold the agreement until hearing the entire case of the FTC, making a decision, and then to some extent – a short order that is not possible.
The court denied the request, however, which effectively meant that the contract could proceed, though the FTC is still pursuing its case against it. And go ahead: After a few months, Microsoft convinced the UK competition and market authority that acquisition was a good idea and then immediately mesh the big Red button, which formally made the activation Blazard a Microsoft company.
This did not end the FTC’s appeal, though, and it remained active till today’s decision, which announced that the lower court had fixed it when it rejected the preliminary order request to stop the deal.
Technically, at least, it does not actually indicate the end of the matter. Full decision, which is available StuffyNote that “integration is the subject of administrative action that is pending before the FTC.” Given the disadvantages of the preliminary order repeated in the request, though, do not mention the fact that the contract has already been made, I suspect that the FTC will eventually satisfy myself with “I warned you, brother” and will move towards other things.
Microsoft refused to comment on the decision, while the FTC is still neglecting me.
