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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

BEFORE THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES 

In the Matter of 

Microsoft Corp.,

a corporation, and DOCKET NO. 9412 

Activision Blizzard, Inc.,

 a corporation, 

Respondents. 

NON-PARTY SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC’S MOTION FOR 

LEAVE TO FILE PROPOSED REPLY IN SUPPORT OF ITS MOTION FOR 

EXTENSION OF TIME TO MOVE TO LIMIT OR QUASH SUBPOENA 

Pursuant to Rule 3.22(d), Sony Interactive Entertainment, LLC respectfully requests that 

the Court permit SIE to file the attached Proposed Reply supporting SIE’s Motion for an 

Extension of Time to Move to Limit or Quash Subpoena. This brief two-page reply would be 

helpful to the Court in resolving this issue by correcting a few discrete points. 

The proposed reply is attached as Exhibit A. 

Dated: February 3, 2023 

Respectfully, 

/s/ Isabel Tuz 

D. Bruce Hoffman 

Leah Brannon 

Carl Lawrence Malm 

Isabel Tuz 

2112 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20037 

T: +1 202 974 1563 

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP 

Counsel for Non-Party Sony Interactive 

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

BEFORE THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES 

In the Matter of 

Microsoft Corp.,

a corporation, and DOCKET NO. 9412 

Activision Blizzard, Inc.,

 a corporation, 

Respondents. 

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING NON-PARTY SONY INTERACTIVE 

ENTERTAINMENT LLC’S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE PROPOSED REPLY IN 

SUPPORT OF ITS MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO MOVE TO LIMIT OR 

QUASH SUBPOENA 

FTC Rule 3.22(d) authorizes the Administrative Law Judge to permit replies in support of 

motions. Based on the representations in the Proposed Reply, the Motion is GRANTED 

and it is hereby ORDERED that the Proposed Reply is accepted and deemed properly filed. 

ORDERED: 

D. Michael Chappell 

Chief Administrative Law Judge 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that on February 3, 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, D.C. 20580 

ElectronicFilings@ftc.gov 

The Honorable D. Michael Chappell 

Administrative Law Judge 

Federal Trade Commission 

600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Rm. H-110 

Washington, D.C. 20580 

OALJ@ftc.com 

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

Complaint Counsel 

James Weingarten 

James Abell 

Meredith Levert 

Jennifer Fleury 

Cem Akleman 

Taylor Alexander 

Amanda Butler 

Merrick Pastore 

Nicole Callan 

Ethan Gurwitz 

Maria Cirincione 

James Gossmann 

Stephen Santulli 

Edmund Saw 

Michael A. Franchak 

Peggy Bayer Femenella 

Kassandra DiPietro 

Justin Alexander Ansaldo 

Federal Trade Commission 

600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Washington, D.C. 20580 

(202) 326-2289 

jweingarten@ftc.gov 

jabell@ftc.gov 

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mlevert@ftc.gov 

jfleury@ftc.gov 

cakleman@ftc.gov 

talexander@ftc.gov 

abutler2@ftc.gov 

mpastore@ftc.gov 

ncallan@ftc.gov 

egurwitz@ftc.gov 

mcirincione@ftc.gov 

jgossmann@ftc.gov 

ssantulli@ftc.gov 

esaw@ftc.gov 

mfranchak@ftc.gov 

pbayerfemenella@ftc.gov 

kdipietro@ftc.gov 

jansaldo@ftc.gov 

Counsel for Respondent Microsoft Corp. 

Beth Wilkinson 

Rakesh N. Kilaru 

Kieran Gostin 

Grace L. Hill 

Anastasia M. Pastan 

Alysha Bohanon 

Sarah E. Neuman 

Wilkinson Stekloff LLP 

2001 M Street, NW 

Washington, D.C. 20036 

(202) 847-4010 

bwilkinsonstekloff.com 

rkilaru@wilkinsonstekloff.com 

kgostin@wilkinsonstekloff.com 

ghill@wilkinsonstekloff.com 

apastan@wilkinsonstekloff.com 

abohanon@wilkinsonstekloff.com 

sneuman@wilkinsonstekloff.com 

Michael Moiseyev 

Megan Granger 

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 

2001 M Street, NW 

Washington, D.C. 20036 

(202) 682-7235 

michael.moiseyev@weil.com 

megan.granger@weil.com 

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Counsel for Respondent Activision-Blizzard, Inc. 

Steven C. Sunshine 

Julia K. York 

Jessica R. Watters 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 

1440 New York Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

(202) 271-7860 

steve.sunshine@skadden.com 

julia.york@skadden.com 

jessica.watters@skadden.com 

Maria A. Raptis 

Michael J. Sheerin 

Evan R. Kreiner 

Andrew D. Kabbes 

Bradley J. Pierson 

Matthew M. Martino 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 

One Manhattan West 

New York, NY 10001 

(212) 735-2425 

maria.raptis@skadden.com 

michael.sheerin@skadden.com 

evan.kreiner@skadden.com 

andrew.kabbes@skadden.com 

bradley.pierson@skadden.com 

matthew.martino@skadden.com 

Respectfully submitted, 

/s/ Isabel Tuz 

D. Bruce Hoffman (bhoffman@cgsh.com) 

Leah Brannon (lbrannon@cgsh.com) 

Carl Lawrence Malm (lmalm@cgsh.com) 

Isabel Tuz (ituz@cgsh.com) 

2112 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20037 

T: +1 202 974 1500 

CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP 

Counsel for Non-Party Sony Interactive 

Entertainment LLC 

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EXHIBIT A 

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

BEFORE THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES 

In the Matter of 

Microsoft Corp.,

a corporation, and DOCKET NO. 9412 

Activision Blizzard, Inc.,

 a corporation, 

Respondents. 

[PROPOSED] REPLY OF NON-PARTY SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT 

LLC’S IN SUPPORT OF ITS MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO MOVE TO 

LIMIT OR QUASH SUBPOENA 

Sony Interactive Entertainment, LLC (“SIE”) respectfully submits the following in reply 

support of its motion for an extension of time. 

First, Microsoft claims that SIE has “refused to start collecting from custodians.” 

Opposition (“Opp.”) at 2. This is both unsupported and untrue, as different statements elsewhere 

in Microsoft’s brief reveal. See Opp. at 3 (“To Microsoft counsel’s knowledge, SIE has not 

completed collections for a single custodian...) (emphasis added). Microsoft neither knows nor 

is entitled to know what SIE’s internal privileged and work product processes are, but SIE has 

informed Microsoft that it is moving forward on custodial documents in good faith, and 

Microsoft’s contrary statement is surprising. 

Second, SIE never proposed “one” custodian. Opp. at 3. SIE first proposed that the 

custodial set should be small—likely two to three custodians—not just because of the burden on 

SIE, but because of the physical difficulty of meeting the short discovery schedule that Microsoft 

set in this case. In all events, Microsoft concedes that the parties had agreed to seven custodians 

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(with the remaining dispute over Mr. McCurdy), but as its brief makes clear, Microsoft 

subsequently reneged on that agreement to generate pressure. Opp. at 2 (confirming Microsoft 

was “willing to agree to 7”). 

Third, while we will of course address custodians and other issues with the subpoena 

separately if the Court so prefers, we continue to believe that doing so is inefficient. Knowing 

what needs to be collected, reviewed, and produced is important in determining from whom that 

collection and production needs to be made, and vice versa. Moreover, Microsoft’s declaring an 

impasse on custodians late Wednesday night with a Friday deadline to file a motion is an obvious 

attempt to prejudice SIE by forcing SIE to file a motion to quash in just two days. This is part 

and parcel of Microsoft’s unprecedented and prejudicial “micro-extension” strategy, which has, 

among other things, burdened the Court with iterative extension requests. The Court should not 

countenance Microsoft’s gamesmanship. 

We respectfully request that the Court grant the requested one-week extension in its 

totality, not just for the issues on which Microsoft wants more time. 

WHEREFORE, for good cause shown, SIE respectfully requests that Your Honor grant 

the requested relief pursuant to 16 C.F.R. § 4.3(b). 

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Dated: February 3, 2023 

Respectfully submitted, 

Respectfully, 

/s/ Isabel Tuz 

D. Bruce Hoffman 

Leah Brannon 

Carl Lawrence Malm 

Isabel Tuz 

2112 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20037 

T: +1 202 974 1563 

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP 

Counsel for Non-Party Sony Interactive 

Entertainment LLC 

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