Adobe's Dana Rao told employees to be careful when discussing the proposed Figma acquisition. Adobe's top lawyer told employees in an internal email to be extra careful when talking about the company's $20 billion proposed Figma acquisition, as antitrust scrutiny of the deal intensifies. In the his Adobe email, Rao said it's normal for a deal of Figma's size to go through lengthy regulatory reviews. During a March earnings call with analysts, Adobe's CEO Shantanu Narayen shared a similar end-of-year closing date for the Figma deal. In his email this month, Rao added 3 reasons why the company thinks Figma would be a good acquisition for Adobe.

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Persons: Adobe's Dana Rao, Dana Rao, Department's, Rao, Shantanu Narayen, Narayen, Adobe's, Andrew Savage, Savage, Slack, Figma, Dana, Eugene Kim Organizations: Adobe, DOJ, European, SEC, CNBC, Federal Trade Commission, Activision Blizzard, Adobe Express, Department of Justice, Markets Authority, General, Competition Locations: ideation, Europe