There won't be an FTC v. Microsoft trial over ABK this summer (where the same old losing arguments would have been presented by the FTC). The post-Khan FTC has decided to drop the complaint in light of the very clear 9th Circuit decision.
ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov…
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The ABK deal never was anticompetitive. While Lina Khan was right, at an abstract level, about historic U.S. underenforcement, this is a deal the FTC should have cleared right away.
Everyone could see that the merger was never used as a means of compromising competition.
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May 22, 2025 · 10:55 PM UTC
