FTC Dings Microsoft Over Activision Blizzard Layoffs in Court
- Xbox maker cut 1,900 jobs in gaming, including at Activision
- FTC is appealing decision that allowed deal to close last year
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Microsoft Corp.’s plans to cut 1,900 jobs from its video game division contradict statements the company made to a US court that it would operate the newly acquired Activision Blizzard Inc. independently, the US Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday.
“The reported elimination of thousands of jobs undermines the FTC’s ability to order effective relief” should a court later find Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition violates the law, the agency said in a letter to the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals.