Microsoft and the UK’s antitrust regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), have been granted a conditional two-month pause in their legal battle regarding Microsoft’s proposed $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The pause aims to provide an opportunity for Microsoft to address the CMA’s concerns. Judge Marcus Smith of the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), responsible for hearing appeals on the CMA’s decisions, has requested the CMA to justify its application for adjournment by providing evidence of a material change in circumstances or “special reasons” for delaying the litigation.
