Microsoft’s Nadella can be questioned in gamers’ Activision deal lawsuit
The Hindu
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella can be questioned in a lawsuit by a group of video gamers who claim the tech company’s $69 billion purchase of “Call of Duty” maker Activision will hurt competition, a federal judge in San Francisco said on Monday.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella can be questioned in a lawsuit by a group of video gamers who claim the tech company’s $69 billion purchase of “Call of Duty” maker Activision will hurt competition, a federal judge in San Francisco said on Monday.
U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley in an order denied Microsoft’s bid to stop the gamers’ lawyers from deposing Nadella, who has served as CEO since 2014 and helped guide the company’s blockbuster deal for Activision that closed in October.
“Mr. Nadella — as Microsoft’s CEO and ultimate decisionmaker for the ‘largest transaction Microsoft has ever made’ — may have unique relevant knowledge which plaintiffs are entitled to explore,” Corley wrote.
The gamers’ case has advanced in parallel to a lawsuit the Federal Trade Commission filed last year to block the deal. Corley in that case declined to stop the purchase, and the FTC in December asked a federal appeals court to revive the agency’s challenge.
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Microsoft had no immediate comment on the court’s order.
An attorney for the gamers, Joseph Alioto, said he was pleased with the ruling.
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