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

Published: Jan. 25, 2022, 3 p.m.

Attorney Richard Hoeg joins to discuss if the Nvidia-ARM deal is dead, & if MS is becoming a Monopoly.\nSPONSOR: Support MLID & try out Swifdoo PDF Editor for FREE: https://cutt.ly/5Ivl2HV\nSPONSOR: brokensilicon = -25% off Windows, dieshrink = -3% off Everything: https://biitt.ly/shbSk\n\n\n0:00 What type of Law does he practice? What games does he play?!\n14:28 AMD buying Xilinx, Company Due Diligence \n18:51 Nvidia buying ARM \u2013 Is it fair they get blocked, but Facebook doesn\u2019t?\n27:43 Why did the EU pause their investigations into Nvidia buying ARM?\n31:50 Why would Nvidia buy ARM? What\u2019s their defense to the FTC?\n37:27 How much does it matter that both Apple & SAMSUNG are against this?\n43:49 Is the Nvidia deal effectively dead?\n52:15 Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard \u2013 Another monopolistic acquisition?\n1:00:44 How do you legally define a "monopoly"?\n1:07:38 Did Microsoft get a Activision for cheap?\n1:11:13 Non-legal concerns about Microsoft buying Everything\n1:30:41 Facebook vs Valve, Apple vs EPIC, Becoming a Lawyer (Final Reader Mail)\n1:38:37 What are the biggest misconceptions most consumers have?\n\n\nSubscribe to Richard\u2019s Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/HoegLaw/featured\nhttps://hoeglaw.com/about/richard-hoeg/\nhttps://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2021/12/ftc-sues-block-40-billion-semiconductor-chip-merger\nhttps://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/eu-regulators-pause-investigation-into-nvidia-arm-deal-2021-12-06/\nhttps://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-to-acquire-arm-for-40-billion-creating-worlds-premier-computing-company-for-the-age-of-ai\nhttps://semiwiki.com/ip/arm/292037-three-important-questions-about-nvidia-acquiring-arm-answered/\nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/business/microsoft-activision-blizzard.html\nhttps://www.theverge.com/2022/1/18/22889258/microsoft-activision-blizzard-xbox-acquisition-call-of-duty-overwatch\nhttps://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