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Activision fell on concern that the UK may oppose the Microsoft deal

25/12/2024despairLeave a Comment

Rich Polk/Getty Images Entertainment Update 7:50pm: Updates shares, adds Microsoft comment to NYT on UK antitrust review. Activision (NASDAQ:ATVI) fell almost 5% on a report that Microsoft’s legal team (NASDAQ:MSFT) is said to expect that the UK’s antitrust authority may oppose its $69 billion videogame megadeal, according to a New York Times reports on Saturday, […]

Case Update: Dwyer v Fredbar in the Court of Appeal

08/09/2024despairLeave a Comment

In our previous article about post-termination restrictive covenants we discussed the High Court case of Dwyer (UK Franchising) Limited v Fredbar Limited [2021] EWHC 1218 as an example of covenants being found unreasonable and therefore unenforceable. Since then, the Claimant has appealed the judgment and the Court of Appeal has once again found in favor […]