Anyone following the lawsuit since last week of FTC vs. the merger of Microsoft and Activision? For those who have been following this closely (like I did) I am curious to know who you think will win, why, and if Microsoft will just close the deal over the CMA? I have an opinion but don’t want to influence the community.
I have been following intensely. One thing to follow: Tom Warren @ the Verge. I recognize my bias but I will say the FTC is performing the worst I’ve ever seen. It is actually making me cringe. This is worse than their META challenge which had more teeth to it.
I agree… but what about the fact that the judge was appointed by Biden and could side with the FTC and Khan?
I’ve listened to the entire trial, she is not on the FTC’s side
The burden of proof is on the FTC and they haven’t done it after 4 days. They’ve done a poor showing. The judge seems sharp and asking the right questions or getting commitments that resolve the heart of the matter. There’s no anticompetitive merits here to their case, so they will lose. Because the regulators are blocking for the sake of messing with big tech and pushing appeals past the deal deadline, I assume it gets closed over them.
Also the FTC leaked confidential information about Microsoft’s earnings which is a huge fuck-up and can now cost us stock wise and competitors can see that. They apologized for not blacking it out. I’m shocked at the level of inconsistency and just idiocy
I wish there is a way to watch such high profile case hearings live. Have to rely only on some news articles to understand whats going-on.
I think there is an audio live stream
There is! Zoom link. Go to Tom Warren @ the Verge on twitter & LinkedIn, also the Verge has it