What you need to know
- Microsoft President Brad Smith leads Microsoft's legal stance during court battles.
- During Microsoft's acquisition of Activision, the UK regulator was notoriously stubborn about allowing the deal to go through.
- At the time, Brad Smith said some of the UK regulatory decisions represented Microsoft's "darkest days" operating in the UK, and said that the UK was "closed for business."
- In an new interview, Brad Smith now thinks the UK regulator was "fair."
