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One REALLY interesting thing about setting an MS/ABK hearing date in August is that this bad boy (arguing that companies should be allowed to short circuit administrative processes by bringing arguments direct to the feds, will already have been decided).https://t.co/LONWpfwJfP

— Richard Hoeg (@HoegLaw) December 8, 2022

This if it passes could make Microsoft force FTC to an earlier court case...Wonder if Microsoft gets involved in this now.

I don't think Microsoft would want to wait until August for a court case that seems like a slam dunk.

Meta Says FTC Suit to Block VR Deal has ‘No Real Evidence’ - Bloomberg

This was posted today, Lol.

"If the FTC's speculation about what a firm might do would be enough to block an acquisition, every vertical acquisition would be blocked," Mark Hansen, Meta's lawyer, argued Thursday before US District Judge Edward Davila in a San Jose, California, courtroom. Such an idea is outside the bounds of the powers Congress has awarded the agency, as well as prior legal precedent, he said.