On 8 March 2021, the European Commission unconditionally cleared Microsoft’s $7.5bn acquisition of ZeniMax (publisher of video games including the Fallout and The Elder Scrolls series). The Commission considered and rejected horizontal theories of harm in games publishing and non-horizontal theories of harm arising from Microsoft’s Xbox console. CRA advised the Parties.
The Competitive Edge: Dr. Philip Marsden on specialist tech regulation
In this episode of The Competitive Edge, Dr. Philip Marsden, co-author of the Furman report into digital competition, talks about specialist tech regulation...