Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird wrote in an op-ed for The Daily Wire that she is suing California for leading the charge in the lawsuit against the Paramount–Warner Bros. merger. “California is once again trying to be the country’s regulator. And once again California is defying common sense to raise costs around the country,” Brenna
Paramount Skydance representatives are expected to meet on Monday with the California Attorney General’s office to discuss a potential settlement of the states’ antitrust case, according to two sources familiar with the situation. Paramount has been pushing hard for a deal to allow its $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery to close. The deal
The Directors Guild of America and IATSE are urging California Attorney General Rob Bonta to settle his antitrust lawsuit with Paramount, arguing that prolonged uncertainty over the Warner Bros. Discovery merger is bad for the industry. The two unions wrote a letter to Bonta and Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison on Wednesday, urging the two
Paramount agreed to a request from 12 states to tie its federal antitrust case to a pre-existing lawsuit filed by Paramount+ subscribers. The move means the states’ challenge to the $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery will likely end up before Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín, a Biden appointee who is already overseeing the earlier lawsuit.
California and 11 other states have sought a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to prevent the deal between Paramount and Warner Bros. from closing while the states file an antitrust lawsuit. In a motion filed Monday night, the states asked a federal judge to act by July 22. Paramount previously informed the states that
