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gtotheunit91 said:

shikamaru317 said:

Ok, I think I get what they are saying. They are suing to break up the merger if it goes through, but they aren't actually asking for it to be blocked in the meantime. Means that the deal could be completed and closed if the other regulators approve it, but if the FTC wins in court after it has closed, Xbox would be forced to divest ABK and make it it's own independent entity again. 

Make ABK its own entity again how exactly?

No idea. But this is definitely different from the Penguin-Random House and Simon & Schuster merger. With that, the FTC asked for a court injunction to block the deal from progressing and sued to block it, and won in court, blocking the deal permanently. But with this one, they are suing but not asking for a court injunction to temporarily block the merger while it is decided in the courts, meaning that the deal could technically still close if the other regulators all approve it before the case goes to court, but then could later be overturned if the FTC wins in court.