Microsoft’s Proposed Acquisition of Activision Blizzard: In Brief

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R47203

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5

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Archived

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Aug 3, 2022

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Sep 3, 2026, 2:10 pm UTC

Authors: Clare Y. Cho

Source topics: Telecommunications & Internet Policy, Competition Policy & Law

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• S 3267A bill to reform the antitrust laws to better protect competition in the American economy, to amend the Clayton Act to modify the standard for an unlawful acquisition.
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• HR 7101To prohibit certain anticompetitive mergers, to amend the Clayton Act to permit the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice to reject proposed acquisitions, to implement procedures for retrospective reviews and breaking up anticompetitive consummated acquisitions, and for other purposes.
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• S 3847A bill to prohibit certain anticompetitive mergers, to amend the Clayton Act to permit the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice to reject proposed acquisitions, to implement procedures for retrospective reviews and breaking up anticompetitive consummated acquisitions, and for other purposes.
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• S 1074A bill to amend the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, and the Federal Trade Commission Act to promote competition in the United States, and for other purposes.
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• HR 3816To provide that certain discriminatory conduct by covered platforms shall be unlawful, and for other purposes.
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• S 2992A bill to provide that certain discriminatory conduct by covered platforms shall be unlawful, and for other purposes.
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• S 4201A bill to establish a new Federal body to provide reasonable oversight and regulation of digital platforms.
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• HR 7858To establish a new Federal body to provide reasonable oversight and regulation of digital platforms.
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• S 225A bill to reform the antitrust laws to better protect competition in the American economy, to amend the Clayton Act to modify the standard for an unlawful acquisition, to deter anticompetitive exclusionary conduct that harms competition and consumers, to enhance the ability of the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission to enforce the antitrust laws, and for other purposes.
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