Tag: United States District Court for the Northern District of California

California SPAC Entitled to Advancement of Subpoena-Related Costs Post-Name Change Based on “Potentially Covered” Standard | SPAC Feed

SPACS February 26, 2024

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California, applying California law, has held that two former directors and officers were entitled...

California District Court Grants Motion To Dismiss Investor Class Action Against Lithium-Ion Battery Company | SPAC Feed

SPACS February 16, 2024

Non-smoking gun found: PlayStation chief wasn’t really worried about losing Call of Duty, ripping major hole in FTC’s argument to block Microsoft’s purchase of...

Patents June 17, 2023

UPDATED TIMELINE: U.S. court to hear FTC request for preliminary injunction against Microsoft-ActivisionBlizzard next week, merger technically can’t close in June but on track...

Patents June 14, 2023

As of today, Microsoft could consummate the Activision Blizzard purchase without fear of sanctions from a U.S. court: investment bank Macquarie recommends going ahead

PatentsMay 22, 2023

Today--Monday, May 22--is a very important day for Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard King (ABK). This is the earliest legally possible closing date from...

Focus of Activision Blizzard merger debate shifts from concerns to constructive solutions and procompetitive effects: Epic Games welcomes Microsoft’s mobile app store plans

PatentsMarch 21, 2023

If not for my new editorial policy that respects the patent-focused part of my readership, I'd have had a handful of reasons to blog...

Silvergate Bank as defendants in a proposed class-action lawsuit from an FTX user

BlockchainFebruary 18, 2023

In a newly proposed class-action lawsuit, Silvergate Bank and its CEO Alan Lane have been accused of “aiding and abetting” a “multibillion-dollar fraudulent scheme...

Rumor of Sony having visited Microsoft to negotiate Call of Duty license, potentially paving way for clearance of Activision Blizzard purchase

PatentsFebruary 17, 2023

I have been provided with hard evidence of a visit by Sony executives to Seattle on February 6. There is some debate now...

Sony, Microsoft to clash at European Commission’s Activision Blizzard merger hearing on Tuesday, February 21: PaRR found out about hearing date

PatentsFebruary 14, 2023

The Policy and Regulatory Report (PaRR) has just informed me that "he European Commission (EC) will hold an oral hearing next week as part...

New Genshin Impact DMCA Subpoena Targets Leaker @merlin_impact

PatentsFebruary 10, 2023

Genshin Impact publisher Cognosphere PTE Ltd is developing an aggressive stance towards people who leak images of unreleased content online. In December 2022, Cognosphere targeted...

UK antitrust authority is fine with Microsoft acquiring Candy Crush, and even for Call of Duty does not rule out ‘access remedies’: major progress...

PatentsFebruary 8, 2023

The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) of the United Kingdom has just announced its provisional findings according to which (summary (PDF)) the antitrust agency...