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18 Apr 2023, 12:48 pm by Zak Gowen
District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley dismissed the plaintiffs’ first complaint in March after finding it failed to present enough information to back claims the acquisition would harm industry competition. [read post]
14 Apr 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, Republican of Mississippi, then said she would not allow the nomination of Scott Colom, a candidate for a court vacancy in the state, to move forward, citing his past political support from the left, among other reasons. [read post]
7 Apr 2023, 11:56 pm by Florian Mueller
Coincidentally, Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California presently has two ultra-flimsy class actions piggybacking on FTC lawsuits before her: the one against Qualcomm I'm discussing here, and one over Microsoft-ActivisionBlizzard, which I tweeted about this morning. [read post]
31 Mar 2023, 8:46 am by Florian Mueller
FTC can say at the moment, regrettably.Last month I commented very favorably on the JFTC's work to rein in digital #gatekeepers: https://t.co/YkOxamvWnx— Florian Mueller (@FOSSpatents) March 28, 2023 The fact that United States District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley granted Microsoft's motion to dismiss a so-called gamers' (actually lawyers') lawsuit is also interesting, though the class-action law firms behind that case won't give up until they… [read post]
31 Mar 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Former Trump Officials Must Testify in 2020 Election Inquiry, Judge Says DNyuz – Maggie Haberman and Alan Feuer (New York Times) | Published: 3/24/2023 A federal judge ruled a number of former officials from former President Trump’s administration – including his former chief of staff, Mark Meadows – cannot invoke executive privilege to avoid testifying to a grand jury investigating Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. [read post]
25 Mar 2023, 12:54 am by Florian Mueller
United States District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley didn't deem that theory plausible when she ruled on the so-called "gamers' lawsuit" that is actually a lawyers' lawsuit, or one might even say losers' lawsuit given their track record (click on the image to enlarge):With the greatest respect, I don't understand why one of the world's best news agencies--Reuters--takes such serial losers seriously and mindlessly describes that lawsuit as a… [read post]
21 Mar 2023, 12:12 am by Florian Mueller
Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley granted Microsoft's motion to dismiss because "[t]he Complaint does not plausibly allege the merger creates a reasonable probability of anticompetitive effects in any relevant market. [read post]
14 Mar 2023, 11:48 pm by Florian Mueller
They obviously wouldn't talk about their real motivation, part of which is that the court won't let them conduct their own discovery until after the preliminary injunction decision (so far, they get documents from the FTC proceeding--already "totaling over 13.3 million pages of documents of 4,285 gigabytes of data").If the past is any indication, Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley--whose court is the single most important U.S. federal district court for the… [read post]
16 Feb 2023, 10:53 pm by Florian Mueller
About a month ago, Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California further narrowed the class-action lawsuit against Qualcomm that sought to piggyback on FTC v. [read post]
10 Feb 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Feds Probing Santos’ Role in Service Dog Charity Scheme MSN – Jacqueline Sweet (Politico) | Published: 1/31/2023 The FBI is investigating U.S. [read post]
4 Feb 2023, 2:12 am by Florian Mueller
Also, in the so-called gamers' (actually lawyers') lawsuit in San Francisco, it is possible that Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley will rule on the protective order without holding the March 9 hearing. [read post]
2 Feb 2023, 9:37 pm by Jim Sedor
Court Blocks DOJ Review of Scott Perry’s Phone in Jan. 6 Probe MSN – Spencer Hsu, Jacqueline Alemany, and Rachel Weiner (Washington Post) | Published: 1/31/2023 An appeals court put on hold the search of U.S. [read post]
2 Feb 2023, 2:40 pm by Florian Mueller
Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California just held a status conference with Microsoft's counsel and the lawyers behind the so-called gamers' lawsuit that is economically more of a lawyers' lawsuit over the $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard King (NASDAQ:ATVI). [read post]
2 Feb 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Republican Party Elects New Leader, Rejecting Chairman Jim Lyons’ Bid for Third Term” by Emma Platoff (Boston Globe) for MSN Ethics National: “Google’s Ex-CEO Eric Schmidt Tapped for Federal Biotech Commission That Allows Members to Keep Biotech Investments” by Eamon Javers for CNBC National: “Court Blocks DOJ Review of Scott Perry’s Phone in Jan. 6 Probe” by Spencer Hsu, Jacqueline Alemany, and Rachel Weiner (Washington Post) for… [read post]
1 Feb 2023, 12:24 am by Florian Mueller
But federal judges enjoy some discretion as they manage their dockets, and just like Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley slowed down the case (without formally ordering a stay) last time, she may still tell those lawyers to hold off. [read post]
31 Jan 2023, 1:01 pm by Florian Mueller
Microsoftis now prepared to push back that earliest possible closing date to May 1, which would make it possible to hold the preliminary injunction hearing later and have more time for briefing the motion (currently the hearing is scheduled for March 23), butis primarily asking Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley to dismiss the private lawsuit in its entirety. [read post]
27 Jan 2023, 10:35 am by luiza
District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley in San Francisco comes after gamers opposed Microsoft’s request to stay their case pending resolution of a Federal Trade Commission challenge in Washington, D.C. [read post]
24 Jan 2023, 5:08 am by Florian Mueller
The NZCC has now sort of synced its schedule with those of at least two other jurisdictions:In November, the European Commission extended its deadline to April 11, 2023.The UK Competition & Market Authority's statutory deadline is April 26, 2023.Some other jurisdictions such as Australia and China are also widely expected to reach decisions either later this quarter or during the second quarter, but no precise dates are known.I published a timeline chart two weeks ago, which I intend to… [read post]
23 Jan 2023, 10:14 am by Florian Mueller
Michael Chappell in Washington (and soon also United States District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley in San Francisco, at some point with the assistance of a jury) to be able to make the right decisions.If Sony doesn't like that, it can always cut things short by accepting the ten-year Call of Duty license that Microsoft has publicly offered. [read post]
19 Jan 2023, 9:23 pm by Florian Mueller
The deal has a formal deadline a few months later, which the parties could extend (but it would require some negotiation).This is the procedural context of the "not before March 31" commitment:Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley, who is based in San Francisco, held a hearing yesterday on Microsoft's motion to stay a so-called gamers' (more accurately, lawyers') lawsuit over the transaction. [read post]