{"id":31968,"date":"2023-07-20T22:47:50","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T21:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/ftc-reportedly-preparing-to-pause-in-house-trial-of-microsofts-activision-blizzard-acquisition\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T22:47:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T21:47:50","slug":"ftc-reportedly-preparing-to-pause-in-house-trial-of-microsofts-activision-blizzard-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/ftc-reportedly-preparing-to-pause-in-house-trial-of-microsofts-activision-blizzard-acquisition\/","title":{"rendered":"FTC reportedly preparing to pause in-house trial of Microsoft&#8217;s Activision Blizzard acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\nUS antitrust agency the Federal Trade Commission is reportedly preparing to pause its upcoming in-house trial focussing on Microsoft&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/microsoft-near-deal-to-buy-call-of-duty-maker-activision-blizzard-report\">proposed $69bn USD acquisition of Activision Blizzard<\/a>, potentially paving the way for settlement talks between the various parties.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe FTC has long expressed opposition to Microsoft&#8217;s proposed deal and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ftc-suing-to-block-microsofts-69bn-activision-blizzard-acquisition\">sued to block its progress<\/a> in December last year, claiming the acquisition would allow the company to suppress its games industry competition. The agency has more recently been in the news after it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ftc-appeal-denied-as-microsofts-activision-acquisition-nears-completion\">failed to secure an injunction<\/a> preventing Microsoft from closing the deal while its in-house court deliberated whether the acquisition should be blocked.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nFollowing that defeat, and a subsequent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ftcs-final-attempt-to-block-microsofts-acquisition-of-activision-blizzard-has-failed\">failed attempt to secure injunctive relief<\/a>, the FTC is preparing to suspend its own trial &#8211; which was due to be heard by its in-house administrative court in August &#8211; in response to a request from Microsoft and Activision. Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the case, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-07-20\/ftc-to-pause-microsoft-merger-trial-allowing-settlement-talks\">says<\/a> the request must be granted after the FTC&#8217;s unsuccessful federal court bid under the agency&#8217;s own rules.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ftc-reportedly-preparing-to-pause-in-house-trial-of-microsofts-activision-blizzard-acquisition\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US antitrust agency the Federal Trade Commission is reportedly preparing to pause its upcoming in-house trial focussing on Microsoft&#8217;s proposed $69bn USD acquisition of Activision Blizzard, potentially paving the way for settlement talks between the various parties. The FTC has long expressed opposition to Microsoft&#8217;s proposed deal and sued to block its progress in December<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8198,3818,6815],"class_list":["post-31968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-pc","tag-agency","tag-antitrust","tag-us"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FTC reportedly preparing to pause in-house trial of Microsoft&#039;s Activision Blizzard acquisition | Xtreme Servers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"View FTC reportedly preparing to pause in-house trial of Microsoft&#039;s Activision Blizzard acquisition for free, here on XtremeServers. Discover more great articles on our site. 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