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EpicRandy said:

Ryuu96 said:

Think Microsoft has no choice now but to close over the FTC.

They said they would anyway but in case it's a bluff, FTC has already made their intentions clear.

Question if anyone knows, if Microsoft closes over FTC but FTC sues to block then does that act of that prevent Microsoft from closing or can they still close and proceed as if Microsoft owns Activision-Blizzard, then if FTC wins (which they won't) they will be forced to divest Activision-Blizzard?

I'm just wondering if stuff can come to Game Pass or we'd then have to wait for the court case to finish.

I know FTC doesn't approve or deny any deal, the courts do, but would the courts put an injunction on Microsoft to pause the merger?

I Will do some research on this, but my guess is a system like this should only be seen to apply remedy to a situation and prevent them by making the output result illegal and not the process itself. If this is the case, even if the FTC sue to block MS, may still merge and as the court case look only at the result either anticipated or done as no real matter, they will issue a ruling which would force a divestment. If that's the case and the merger was not completed by the entities it would than not actually be illegal do the action of merging but illegal to produce the result of the merge.

For simplification it's like saying it's not illegal to hit a nail with a hammer but if I find a nail hammered in I would force you to remove it.

That does make sense.

Guess it would be more appropriate to label it as a sue to divest at this stage...?

We can only hope because the FTC vs Meta (Within) federal court case took 7 months to finish and Meta only finalised their acquisition after it was over.

I can't be dealing with this for another 7 months, haha.

If Microsoft can close then I'm fine, I can just laugh at FTC for those months because I'd see the deal as already over with, they will not win.

Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 31 March 2023