The London tribunal may be looking to reopen old wounds for Apple with the judge ruling against it in a mass lawsuit brought forward by a consumer champion regarding the company's batterygate scandal.
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The UK CMA can now consider a possible new proposal from Microsoft to buy Activision Blizzard without having to worry about the CAT overturning its original decision to block that deal.
While Microsoft and the UK CMA seem to want to work together to have the regulator reverse its earlier decision to block the purchase, it looks like the July 18th deal deadline will need an extension.
The tentative date for the official appeal hearing was set by the UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal by the judge, the Honourable Mr. Justice Marcus Smith, during a case management conference today.
Microsoft has several specific points it will raise to the CMA's Competition Appeal Tribunal to show why its decision to block its purchase of Activision Blizzard should be overturned.
The appeal was made to the CMA's Competition Appeal Tribunal by Microsoft, but it's currently unknown how long the group will take to make a decision on whether or not to overturn the ruling.
After having been ordered by Ofcom to pay £95m to rivals in late 2012 for backhaul overcharging, BT has failed in its latest attempt to avoid having to pay up. However, the saga may not yet be over.
