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[Daniel_Mallorca1985]

The class-action lawyers in San Francisco are now asking Judge Corley to require #Microsoft to hold #ActivisionBlizzard separate after closing the deal:

"Microsoft shall maintain Activision as a separate subsidiary and [the Court shall] preclude Microsoft from merging or eliminating any of Activision’s business units or gaming studios with Microsoft until resolution of Plaintiffs’ claims on the merits"

So, to be clear, this has no potential to delay the closing of the deal. It's about what will happen thereafter.

While Microsoft will hold ABK separate, those plaintiffs are simply not entitled to that kind of emergency relief. They were denied a preliminary injunction against the merger, and now they're seeking a different type of injunctive relief.

The motion shows that those plaintiffs are also expecting the deal to close shortly now.

While the motion claims that this is about gamers, it's just about lawyers seeking leverage over Microsoft so they could extract a settlement.

Here's the motion:

DocumentCloud

documentcloud.org

 

[acm2000]

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

You thought I was finished?

Not a chance

 

[Ozriel]

The class-action lawyers in San Francisco are now asking Judge Corley to require #Microsoft to hold #ActivisionBlizzard separate after closing the deal:

"Microsoft shall maintain Activision as a separate subsidiary and [the Court shall] preclude Microsoft from merging or eliminating any of Activision’s business units or gaming studios with Microsoft until resolution of Plaintiffs’ claims on the merits"

So, to be clear, this has no potential to delay the closing of the deal. It's about what will happen thereafter.

While Microsoft will hold ABK separate, those plaintiffs are simply not entitled to that kind of emergency relief. They were denied a preliminary injunction against the merger, and now they're seeking a different type of injunctive relief.

The motion shows that those plaintiffs are also expecting the deal to close shortly now.

While the motion claims that this is about gamers, it's just about lawyers seeking leverage over Microsoft so they could extract a settlement.

Here's the motion:

DocumentCloud

documentcloud.org

Why would you go with that thread title?

 

[Bergoglio]

I'm going to destroy you, OP.

 

[NeonGhost]

You should stick talking about the PS5 slim

 

[Negotiator101]

As the great WET WET WET once sang, they're "living in a world of make believe"

 

[Beer Baelly]

 

[Skifi28]

Looking forward to another year of daily threads about whether the deal will be closed or not.

 

[Negotiator101]

Looking forward to another year of daily threads about whether the deal will be closed or not.

 

[BrunoCoel]

Looking forward to another year of daily threads about whether the deal will be closed or not.

That would be great.

 

[RoboFu]

Sorry op … No one is batting an eye at any meager class action lawsuit.

 

[Godot25]

There is...-10% chance that this "gamers" lawsuit will cause Microsoft to spun off Activision Blizzard.
I would say that even FTC has higher chance. Not that their chance is high.

But on the other hand, ABK is supposed to be integrated in vein of Bethesda...so "limited intergration."

"While the motion claims that this is about gamers, it's just about lawyers seeking leverage over Microsoft so they could extract a settlement."
Yeah. I'm sure Microsoft's layers are pissing themselves because "Gamers" wants settlement

 

[Daniel_Mallorca1985]

¿Por qué elegirías ese título del hilo?

Este de aquí: