Broken Silicon

137. Legality of Nvidia buying ARM, Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard | Hoeg Law


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Attorney Richard Hoeg joins to discuss if the Nvidia-ARM deal is dead, & if MS is becoming a Monopoly.

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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


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