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.
Penalty? Don’t you mean just another cost of doing business?
Force a fine and three years severance to the affected employees.
Make the fine the last 10 years of activision/blizzard gross profits.
Make the fuckers bleed.