A judge will now need to decide whether to grant the request.
The Federal Trade Commission is seeking a temporary restraining order and injunction from a US federal district court.a senior editor covering Microsoft, PC gaming, console, and tech. He founded WinRumors, a site dedicated to Microsoft news, before joining The Verge in 2012.The Federal Trade Commission is asking for US courts to stop Microsoft from acquiring Activision Blizzard while the government’s bigger case to block the merger plays out.
“Both a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction are necessary because Microsoft and Activision have represented that they may consummate the proposed acquisition at any time,” reads the FTC’s complaint. The FTC filed its complaint just as Microsoft is progressing with its appeal against UK regulators’ decision to
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