The Federal Trade Commission complained to a federal appeals court on Wednesday that Microsoft’s layoff of 1,900 employees in its video games division went against its representations in court as it fought to acquire Activision Blizzard. The move undermines Microsoft’s claims that the companies would continue to operate independently, the FTC said, and will make it harder to get “effective relief” if the agency succeeds in its administrative proceeding.
Can the FTC force an unmerge? I hope they aren’t toothless like a lot of the other captured regulatory agencies.
The FTC can’t afaik but the justice department can and has forced companies to split up.