F.T.C. v. MICROSOFT CORP.

Case No. 23-cv-02880-JSC.

681 F.Supp.3d 1069 (2023)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. MICROSOFT CORPORATION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

Signed July 10, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Harris Weingarten, Pro Hac Vice, David Morris, Pro Hac Vice, Edmund Saw, Pro Hac Vice, J. Alexander Ansaldo, Pro Hac Vice, James Abell, Pro Hac Vice, James Gossmann, Pro Hac Vice, Jennifer Fleury, Pro Hac Vice, Kassandra DiPietro, Pro Hac Vice, Maria Cirincione, Pro Hac Vice, Meredith Levert, Pro Hac Vice, Merrick Pastore, Pro Hac Vice, Michael Blevins, Pro Hac Vice, Michael Anthony Franchak, Pro Hac Vice, Nicole Callan, Pro Hac Vice, Peggy Femenella, Pro Hac Vice, Amanda Leigh Butler, Pro Hac Vice, Cem Akleman, Pro Hac Vice, Stephen Santulli, Pro Hac Vice, Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Competition, Washington, DC, Erika Ruth Wodinsky, Federal Trade Commission, San Francisco, CA, Ethan Gurwitz, Pro Hac Vice, Federal Trade Commission, Cambridge, MA, for Plaintiff.

Bambo Obaro, Pro Hac Vice, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Redwood Shores, CA, Aaron Haviland, Pro Hac Vice, C. Frederick Beckner, III, Pro Hac Vice, Daniel John Hay, Pro Hac Vice, Jonathan E. Nuechterlein, Pro Hac Vice, Lucas Croslow, Pro Hac Vice, Manuel Valle, Pro Hac Vice, William R. Levi, Pro Hac Vice, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, Alysha Bohanon, Pro Hac Vice, Anastasia McLetchie Pastan, Pro Hac Vice, Beth A. Wilkinson, Pro Hac Vice, Grace Lee Hill, Pro Hac Vice, James M. Rosenthal, Pro Hac Vice, Jennifer Pavelec, Pro Hac Vice, Kieran Gavin Gostin, Pro Hac Vice, Rakesh Kilaru, Pro Rae Vice, Sarah Elizabeth Neuman, Pro Hac Vice, Wilkinson Stekloff LLP, Washington, DC, Megan A. Granger, Pro Hac Vice, Michael Moiseyev, Pro Hac Vice, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant Microsoft Corporation.

Caroline W. Van Ness, Jack Patrick DiCanio, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher and Flom LLP, Palo Alto, CA, Steven C. Sunshine, Pro Hac Vice, Jessica Watters, Pro Hac Vice, Julia K. York, Pro Hac Vice, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher and Flom LLP, Washington, DC, Beth A. Wilkinson, Pro Hac Vice, Wilkinson Stekloff LLP, Washington, DC, Bradley James Pierson, Pro Hac Vice, Evan R. Kreiner, Pro Hac Vice, Maria Raptis, Pro Hac Vice, Matthew M. Martino, I, Pro Hac Vice, Michael Joseph Sheerin, Pro Hac Vice, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Activision Blizzard, Inc.


PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION OPINION

REDACTED VERSION

In December 2022, the FTC initiated an administrative action to block Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision—publisher of the first-person shooter video-game franchise Call of Duty, among other popular video games. The gist of the FTC's complaint...

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