COUP AT THE FTC? | Xbox, Activision, and a Speculative NY Post (VL750)

Microsoft x Activision may well prove the longest playlist on this channel, as the news simply won't stop.

Now, the NY Post has reported a defection at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), but what does that mean for the deal and the agency? And can we really trust their reporting?

Slaughter vs Khan sounds like a WWE matchup...in Virtual Legality.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
1:17 Microsoft is Ready to Fight (Bloomberg)
6:01 The FTC's...State of Play
11:23 Back to Bloomberg
17:48 FTC Problems
23:14 Rift at the FTC (NYP)
45:38 CWA and Conclusion

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Discussed in this episode:

PLAYLIST
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1zDCgJzZUy_vBs7Qt9-ROfumOtIrSdP8

ARTICLES
https://nypost.com/2022/12/04/rift-at-ftc-stirs-hope-for-microsofts-69b-activision-merger/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-02/microsoft-is-ready-to-fight-for-its-69-billion-activision-deal
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-29/ftc-s-khan-overruled-staff-to-sue-meta-over-virtual-reality-deal
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/08/ftc-commissioner-noah-phillips-step-down-00050293
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/10/ftc-vacancy-may-show-how-forcefully-republicans-will-target-tech-giants/
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/3671642-the-case-against-the-ftc/

LAW
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/41
https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/mission/enforcement-authority
https://www.scotusblog.com/2022/11/justices-seem-receptive-to-opening-up-early-challenges-to-agency-proceedings/

FTC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission

CWA MESSAGE
https://twitter.com/CWAUnion/status/1599805950244065280

"Virtual Legality" is a continuing series discussing the law, video games, software, and everything digital, hosted by Richard Hoeg, of the Hoeg Law Business Law Firm (Hoeg Law).

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