Paramount Skydance began to lay out its legal argument Thursday against an antitrust lawsuit brought by a dozen states, calling it “one of the weakest merger challenges in modern antitrust history.” Paramount’s lawyers filed an opposition to the states’ motion for a temporary restraining order, whic…
With a judge in Oakland County set to hear arguments for and against a temporary restraining order on Paramount’s planned merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, the David Ellison-led company said State AG’s motion for a temporary restraining order “presents one of the weakest merger challenges in moder…
A federal judge has denied a group of consumers a preliminary injunction to at least temporarily block Paramount’s proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. The judge, Araceli Martínez-Olguín, said that she is taking Paramount’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit under advisement.
A handful of Paramount+ subscribers failed to win an order blocking the merger with Warner Bros. Discovery on Thursday, but a coalition of states will give it another try on Friday. The plaintiffs sued in April, alleging that they had faced price hikes and risked losing viewing options as a result o…
A federal judge will rule by July 22 on California's request to temporarily freeze Paramount's planned takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery over antitrust claims.
By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín on Monday granted a temporary restraining order pausing the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger while she considers a broader antitrust legal challenge brought by a coalition of 12 state attorneys general, led by California AG Rob Bonta…
A federal judge temporarily paused the proposed merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, granting a request from a coalition of 12 state attorneys general who sued to thwart the $110 billion deal.
A judge has granted a temporary restraining order to temporarily block the Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger from happening. CBS News' Jake Rosen reports. Paramount Skydance is the parent company of CBS News.
Paramount's owners were hoping they'd be firmly in control of rival Warner Bros. Discovery by the end of this week. Monday's temporary restraining order puts that plan on hold.
A judge in California has put Paramount's planned takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on hold while the court considers a sweeping antirust lawsuit challenging the multibillion-dollar transaction, which was brought against the company last week.
A federal judge has paused Paramount Skydance's takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery in response to a lawsuit last week from a dozen state attorneys general looking to block the deal on antitrust grounds.
A federal judge in Northern California granted a temporary restraining order halting the merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery until an August hearing on the blockbuster consolidation. Biden-appointed U.S.
(The Center Square) – A federal judge Monday granted a temporary restraining order halting the $110 billion merger between Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. and Paramount Skydance Corp.
A federal judge issued an emergency temporary restraining order halting the proposed $110 billion merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Brothers Discovery while an antitrust lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James and 11 other states proceeds.
The Writers Guild of America is piling on in the effort to immediately stop Paramount Skydance’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. Early Wednesday, the union filed a motion seeking a preliminary injunction to bar Paramount and WBD from “closing or consummating” their merger or “taking any steps to…
The Writers Guild of America asked a federal judge to temporarily halt the proposed Paramount-Warner merger, arguing the deal would reduce the competition and limit opportunities for film writers
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