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137. Legality of Nvidia buying ARM, Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard | Hoeg Law
25 Jan 2022
Attorney Richard Hoeg joins to discuss if the Nvidia-ARM deal is dead, & if MS is becoming a Monopoly. SPONSOR: Support MLID & try out Swifdoo PDF Editor for FREE: https://cutt.ly/5Ivl2HV SPONSOR: brokensilicon = -25% off Windows, dieshrink = -3% off Everything: https://biitt.ly/shbSk 0:00 What type of Law does he practice? What games does he play?! 14:28 AMD buying Xilinx, Company Due Diligence 18:51 Nvidia buying ARM – Is it fair they get blocked, but Facebook doesn’t? 27:43 Why did the EU pause their investigations into Nvidia buying ARM? 31:50 Why would Nvidia buy ARM? What’s their defense to the FTC? 37:27 How much does it matter that both Apple & SAMSUNG are against this? 43:49 Is the Nvidia deal effectively dead? 52:15 Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard – Another monopolistic acquisition? 1:00:44 How do you legally define a "monopoly"? 1:07:38 Did Microsoft get a Activision for cheap? 1:11:13 Non-legal concerns about Microsoft buying Everything 1:30:41 Facebook vs Valve, Apple vs EPIC, Becoming a Lawyer (Final Reader Mail) 1:38:37 What are the biggest misconceptions most consumers have? Subscribe to Richard’s Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/HoegLaw/featured https://hoeglaw.com/about/richard-hoeg/ https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2021/12/ftc-sues-block-40-billion-semiconductor-chip-merger https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/eu-regulators-pause-investigation-into-nvidia-arm-deal-2021-12-06/ https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-to-acquire-arm-for-40-billion-creating-worlds-premier-computing-company-for-the-age-of-ai https://semiwiki.com/ip/arm/292037-three-important-questions-about-nvidia-acquiring-arm-answered/ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/business/microsoft-activision-blizzard.html https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/18/22889258/microsoft-activision-blizzard-xbox-acquisition-call-of-duty-overwatch https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/embedded-revolution/article/21145996/xilinx-amd-agrees-to-buy-xilinx-for-35-billion-in-drive-to-diversify?gclid=CjwKCAiA55mPBhBOEiwANmzoQuoL-lHN0A8caxpyFH8_Rvu5j5r4TBOSYKuG9t9w-XbRCHl2qCOk1hoCErYQAvD_BwE Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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