Entertainment
Legal Battles Over Paramount-Warner Bros Merger
Rob Bonta, a California state attorney general, sued to block the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger in July, citing political influence from the Trump administration. A federal judge has set a hearing for Thursday on a proposed settlement between state attorneys general and the merged company.
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A federal judge has set a hearing for Thursday on the proposed settlement between state attorneys general and Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery. U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin set the hearing for 11 a.m. PT via Zoom. She wrote in an order Tuesday that the hearing would be to “addres
2026-09-22 23:54 UTC
Variety
When Rob Bonta sued to block the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger in July, he said he was doing so because the Trump administration had failed to act for political reasons. “They are greenlighting deals that their own antitrust section at U.S. DOJ knows and believes are unlawful, and they’re over
2026-09-23 00:01 UTC