That's a wrap guys, this one way or the other will be history. Judge complimented FTC and said it will be difficult to decide
If the judge is still feeling the same, today I think the FTC did a good job - even if we all think they did badly.
I still think the judge will ultimately find in favour of the Warren Buffet hedge fund managers for pension pots by denying the PI, but if the judge is already at the point she can't instantly dismiss the FTC's case for a PI because "it is tough", I think that says a lot about the quality of the FTC argument as she saw it.
The inference from her saying it won't take 2-3months is surely that it could take a month, which then also ties in with the gamers lawsuit that has ~18 days left to amend their suit while she spends those weeks working through this argument.
The FTC's expert Dr Lee seemingly got destroy in cross-examination going by this thread that day, yet when the FTC lawyer referenced Dr Lee's evidence in summary the Judge sounded like she held it in high esteem, as though she'd remembered some stats and the importance of analysis durations and was maybe even assured by his inability to answer questions that his research hadn't provided evidence for him to meaningfully answer, or at least that was the impression I got when Microsoft's lawyer tried the buddy tactic with the judge, yesterday saying "wet both asked him three times and he couldn't answer", and the judge's tone in following comment suggested there was no "we" situation.
I also think the judge is in a pretty solid situation for not getting this overturned on appeal if she rules in the FTC's favour, because MSFT and ATVI's acquisition clock will have run out
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Another thought IMO about why the order might be sealed, is that if she finds in the FTC's favour the information has immediate stock market impact, and so she'd need to leave it for MSFT to inform the stockmarket