Adobe’s $20 billion Figma bid is under threat from UK antitrust regulators

Adobe’s $20 billion bid for cloud-based design platform Figma will now be subject to an in-depth probe by the UK’s competition watchdog, which will decide whether to approve the merger or block the deal entirely.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced on Thursday that it had referred the acquisition for a “phase …

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