The TLDR so far in the first hour and a half of the Microsoft appeal on the Activision Blizzard acquisition...
CMA has been trying to get the process as large as possible, while Microsoft did acknowledged that the longer this take, the greater is the chance that the deal could fall.
The Judge have been ZERO-CHILL on both parties, but evidently acknowledged that the CMA conclusion for banning has issues and CMA legal team have been constantly trying to retake narrative going as far as interrupting the judge (a non-written no-no rule) and of course, Microsoft legal team have done their homework acknowledging that while they would like the process to go seamless and hope that CMA control in a reasonable matter their objections and they will answer them accordingly but hopes that there isn't much.
Pretty much, CMA is the ONLY UK's government agency intransigent part as even the Prime Minister is ok with the Activision Blizzard acquisition and shares the view that CMA's decision is anti "UK is open fo business".
For some reason CMA disregards, but is alone within UK machinery.
CMA has been trying to get the process as large as possible, while Microsoft did acknowledged that the longer this take, the greater is the chance that the deal could fall.
The Judge have been ZERO-CHILL on both parties, but evidently acknowledged that the CMA conclusion for banning has issues and CMA legal team have been constantly trying to retake narrative going as far as interrupting the judge (a non-written no-no rule) and of course, Microsoft legal team have done their homework acknowledging that while they would like the process to go seamless and hope that CMA control in a reasonable matter their objections and they will answer them accordingly but hopes that there isn't much.
Pretty much, CMA is the ONLY UK's government agency intransigent part as even the Prime Minister is ok with the Activision Blizzard acquisition and shares the view that CMA's decision is anti "UK is open fo business".
For some reason CMA disregards, but is alone within UK machinery.
The TLDR so far in the first hour and a half of the Microsoft appeal on the Activision Blizzard acquisition...
CMA has been trying to get the process as large as possible, while Microsoft did acknowledged that the longer this take, the greater is the chance that the deal could fall.
The Judge have been ZERO-CHILL on both parties, but evidently acknowledged that the CMA conclusion for banning has issues and CMA legal team have been constantly trying to retake narrative going as far as interrupting the judge (a non-written no-no rule) and of course, Microsoft legal team have done their homework acknowledging that while they would like the process to go seamless and hope that CMA control in a reasonable matter their objections and they will answer them accordingly but hopes that there isn't much.
Pretty much, CMA is the ONLY UK's government agency intransigent part as even the Prime Minister is ok with the Activision Blizzard acquisition and shares the view that CMA's decision is anti "UK is open fo business".
For some reason CMA disregards, but is alone within UK machinery.