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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20580 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE

CASE NAME FILE/DOCKET NUMBER 

Microsoft Corporation and Activision Blizzard, Inc. D09412 

Pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice, I (we) am (are) entering in the above 

proceeding the appearance of 

counsel supporting the complaint (Complete Items 1, 3, 4, and 5 below) 

counsel or representative for the respondent (Complete Items 1, 2, 4, and 5 below) 

✖ counsel or representative for a third party (Complete Items 1, 2, 4, and 5 below)

1. COUNSEL OR REPRESENTATIVE 2. RESPONDENT(S) OR THIRD PARTY(IES) 

Include the name, address, email address, and telephone number of each 

counsel or representative entering an appearance in the above proceeding, 

D. Bruce Hoffman 

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP 

2112 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20037 

bhoffman@cgsh.com 

(202) 974-1784 

3. ASSOCIATE/ASSISTANT DIRECTOR 

Include the address and telephone numbers of all persons, partnerships, 

corporations, or associations on whose behalf this Notice of Appearance 

is being filed. 

Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC

2207 Bridgepointe Parkway 

San Mateo, California 94404 

(855) 999-7669 

4. SIGNATURE OF SENIOR COUNSEL 5. DATE SIGNED 

V D. Bruce Hoffman February 8, 2023

Return this form to: Federal Trade Commission

Room H-113 

600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20580 

FTC Form 232 (rev. 7/11) 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

BEFORE THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES 

In the Matter of 

Microsoft Corporation, 

a corporation, 

DOCKET NO. 9412 

and 

Activision Blizzard, Inc., 

a corporation. 

STATEMENT OF GOOD STANDING PURSUANT TO 16 C.F.R. § 4.1 

In connection with the Notice of Appearance filed on February 8, 2023, and pursuant 

to 16 C.F.R. § 4.1 (d), I state that I am eligible to practice before the Commission as a 

member of the Bar of the District of Columbia (Bar No. 495385). As requested by 16 C.F.R. §

4.1(d), I further state that I am a member of good standing within the legal profession. 

Dated: February 8, 2023 

Respectfully submitted, 

/s/ D. Bruce Hoffman

D. Bruce Hoffman

2112 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20037

Telephone: (202) 974-1784

Email: bhoffman@cgsh.com

CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP

Counselfor Non-Party Sony 

Interactive EntertainmentLLC
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that on February 8,2023, I filed the foregoing document electronically 

using the Federal Trade Commission’s e-filing system, which will send notification of such filing

to: 

April Tabor 

Secretary

Federal Trade Commission 

600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Rm H-113

Washington, DC 20580 

ElectronicFilings@ftc.gov

The Honorable D. Michael Chappell 

Administrative Law Judge 

Federal Trade Commission 

600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Rm H-110 

Washington, DC 20580 

I also certify that I caused the forgoing document to be served via email to: 

James H. Weingarten (jweingarten@ftc.gov)

James Abell (jabell@ftc.gov) 

Cem Akleman (cakleman@ftc.gov) 

Taylor Alexander (talexander@ftc.gov) 

Peggy Bayer Femenella (pbayerfemenella@ftc.gov) 

Michael T. Blevins (mblevins@ftc.gov)

Amanda L. Butler (abutler2@ftc.gov) 

Nicole Callan (ncallan@ftc.gov) 

Maria Cirincione (mcirincione@ftc.gov) 

Kassandra DiPietro (kdipietro@ftc.gov)

Jennifer Fleury (jfleury@ftc.gov)

Michael A. Franchak (mfranchak@ftc.gov) 

James Gossmann (jgossmann@ftc.gov) 

Ethan Gurwitz (egurwitz@ftc.gov) 

Meredith Levert (mlevert@ftc.gov)

Merrick Pastore (mpastore@ftc.gov)

Stephen Santulli (ssantulli@ftc.gov)

Edmund Saw (esaw@ftc.gov) 

U.S. Federal Trade Commission 

600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. 

Washington, DC 20580 

Telephone: (202) 326-3570 

Counsel Supporting the Complaint 
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Steven C. Sunshine (steve.sunshine@skadden.com) 

Julia K. York (julia.york@skadden.com) 

Jessica R. Watters (jessica.watters@skadden.com) 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

1440 New York Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20005

Telephone: (202) 271-7860

Maria A. Raptis (maria.raptis@skadden.com) 

MichaelJ. Sheerin (michael.sheerin@skadden.com) 

Matthew M. Martino (matthew.martino@skadden.com) 

Evan R. Kreiner (evan.kreiner@skadden.com

Andrew D. Kabbes (andrew.kabbes@skadden.com) 

Bradley J. Pierson (bradley.pierson@skadden.com) 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 

One Manhattan West 

New York, NY 10001 

Telephone: (212) 735-2425

Counsel for Activision Blizzard, Inc. 

Beth Wilkinson 

(bwilkinson@wilkinsonstekloff.com) 

Rakesh Kilaru (rkilaru@wilkinsonstekloff.com) 

Alysha Bohanon (abohanon@wilkinsonstekloff.com) 

Anastasia Pastan (apastan@wilkinsonstekloff.com) 

Grace Hill (ghill@wilkinsonstekloff.com) 

Sarah Neuman (sneuman@wilkonsonstekloff.com) 

Wilkinson Stekloff LLP 

2001 M Street, NW 

Washington, DC 20036 

(202) 847-4010

Mike Moiseyev (michael.moiseyev@weil.com) 

Megan Granger (megan.granger@weil.com) 

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 

2001 M Street, NW 

Washington, DC 20036 

(202) 682-7235

Counsel for Microsoft Corporation

/s/ D. Bruce Hoffman

D. Bruce Hoffman

Counsel for Sony

Interactive Entertainment

LLC