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Technology

May 23, 2023

Gamers lose bid to enjoin Microsoft-Activision merger

U.S. District Judge Jacqueline S. Corley said that the gamers did not adequately show they will suffer “immediate irreparable harm” should the deal go through before a merits decision.

Gamers’ early attempts to halt Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of video game titan Activision Blizzard Inc. were dashed after a federal judge refused to grant their request for a preliminary injunction.

U.S. District Judge Jacqueline S. Corley said in her ruling Friday in San Francisco that the gamers did not adequately show they will suffer “immediate irreparable harm” should the deal go through before a merits decision. She agreed w...

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