The US Supreme Court has denied a request from a group of players who sought to block Microsoft‘s acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan denied the emergency request which was filed on Saturday, in what was seemingly a last-ditch effort to block the deal.
The injunction argued that the deal should be temporarily blocked pending the FTC’s own attempted appeal to the Ninth Circuit court. Much like the Supreme Court, however, the Ninth Circuit denied the FTC’s appeal., arguing that the $69 billion deal could substantially lessen competition or create a monopoly in violation of the Clayton Act.after winning a court battle with antirust regulator the Federal Trade Commission.
However, the company has yet to seal the approval of the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority , which remains one of the last major roadblocks to the deal closing.
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