Microsoft wins appeal in FTC challenge to $69 billion Activision Blizzard dealA US appeals court rejected the FTC’s challenge to Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision deal, ruling the agency failed to prove the merger wo...
07 May, 2025, 10.51 PM IST
Meta cannot delay US FTC from reopening privacy probe, court saysThe Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in its order found that Meta had not shown its challenge was likely t...
30 Mar, 2024, 09.01 AM IST
Meta asks appeals court to tell FTC it cannot reopen privacy caseThe dispute stretches back to May, when the FTC proposed tightening a 2019 consent agreement to prohibit Meta from making money off young u...
30 Nov, 2023, 08.26 PM IST
Meta will appeal US judge's ruling in privacy fight with FTCThe fight is largely over whether an FTC judge or a district judge will decide whether the FTC can unilaterally tighten an earlier consent ...
29 Nov, 2023, 08.33 AM IST
Meta-FTC privacy lawsuit: US federal judge rules against social media giantThe FTC proposed changing a settlement reached in 2019 which required Facebook to pay $5 billion. The FTC said it would tighten that to bar...
28 Nov, 2023, 08.28 AM IST
US antitrust enforcer says pressing on with fight against Microsoft/Activision dealIn the United States, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has also fought the deal, and has an argument scheduled before an appeals court...
13 Oct, 2023, 08.49 PM IST
US FTC eyes options after Microsoft/Activision lossThe U.S. Federal Trade Commission is considering its options after stinging losses last week in its bid to stop Microsoft's $69 billion dea...
18 Jul, 2023, 08.36 AM IST
Microsoft moves closer to completing $69 billion Activision takeover after court rebuffs regulatorsIn a brief ruling, a three-judge panel on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded there were no grounds for issuing an order that w...
15 Jul, 2023, 11.22 AM IST
US appeals court refuses FTC request to pause Microsoft deal for ActivisionA U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected the Federal Trade Commission's request to pause Microsoft's $69 billion purchase of "Call of Duty" ...
15 Jul, 2023, 08.14 AM IST
Microsoft asks court to reject FTC request to pause Activision dealMicrosoft said on Friday FTC had been slow to file in federal court, and thus it was inappropriate to press for a delay so late in the game.
15 Jul, 2023, 12.23 AM IST
FTC faces uphill battle in Microsoft/Activision appealUS District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to the largest-ever gaming industry deal, rejecting the Biden admini...
14 Jul, 2023, 09.21 PM IST
Another blow for FTC as US court refuses request to pause Microsoft-Activision dealA federal judge had previously ruled for Microsoft on Tuesday, saying the FTC had failed to show the deal would be illegal under antitrust ...
14 Jul, 2023, 09.16 AM IST
US FTC asks appeals court to pause Microsoft's Activision deal: reportA US appeals court on the West Coast opened a docket on Thursday on the FTC's effort to overturn its loss, but no docket entries requesting...
13 Jul, 2023, 11.38 PM IST
FTC to appeal judge's decision to let Microsoft buy ActivisionThe U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Wednesday it was appealing a federal judge's ruling that Microsoft could go forward with it...
13 Jul, 2023, 08.13 AM IST
Tough appeals lie ahead for US FTC after Microsoft-Activision ruling: expertsIn her 53-page order, US District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley said it was not enough for the FTC to argue that "a merger might lessen com...
12 Jul, 2023, 10.30 AM IST
Potential outcomes of FTC legal bids to block Microsoft-Activision dealMicrosoft has pressed for a decision sooner rather than later, noting that the purchase agreement has a termination date of July 18, althou...
17 Jun, 2023, 09.23 AM IST
US FTC drops anti-trust case against QualcommThe FTC first filed a complaint against Qualcomm in 2017, charging that the company has a monopoly in baseband processors.
30 Mar, 2021, 10.12 AM IST