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| gtotheunit91 said: What kind of remedies could possibly be agreed on? |
Imo. None, Lol.
Lina is on record as being against most remedies, Brad Smith said that the FTC didn't allow their staff to discuss remedies with Microsoft, the remedies they've offered FTC will be exactly the same as the ones they've offered EC/CMA.
I don't think FTC will drop their case, the internal court date is August for a reason, it's beyond the merger date, maybe they won't take them to federal court but I fully expect them to try to stick to that August internal court date and likely attempt shit to delay that as long as possible too, they want to force Microsoft to have to re-negotiate the merger agreement with Activision, which increases the breakup fee and only takes one party to back out.
Microsoft has the option of waiting until 2024 to close the deal and going along with FTC's ridiculousness or figure a way to call FTC's bluff and try to force them to take them to federal court, likely by attempting to close the deal without FTC's approval or waiting for Axon vs FTC to be decided by the supreme court which would allow Microsoft to force FTC to federal court.
Maybe that will be when FTC drops their case, I don't know, I honestly can't call them.
Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 03 January 2023
