Paramount-WBD Fight Shifts to Court
Thursday, July 16, 2026 · 10 min
Paramount Skydance’s Warner Bros. Discovery merger is now a courtroom sprint: states seek a TRO, Paramount agrees to link cases, answers a shareholder suit, and an FCC chair criticizes California’s theory while the July 22 EU checkpoint looms.
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Paramount Skydance’s Warner Bros. Discovery merger is now a courtroom sprint: states seek a TRO, Paramount agrees to link cases, answers a shareholder suit, and an FCC chair criticizes California’s theory while the July 22 EU checkpoint looms.
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- Paramount Shareholder Sues Ellisons, Board, Company Responds — Deadline
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- State AGs Seek Temporary Restraining Order To Pause Paramount-WB Merger — Deadline
State AGs Seek Temporary Restraining Order To Pause Paramount-WB Merger Skip to main content By Ted Johnson July 13, 2026 8:08pm Story Arc Getty Images State attorneys general are now seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to pause Paramount‘s proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, warning that the company may otherwise close the transaction as soon as July…
- Paramount Agrees to States' Move to Link Antitrust Case to Subscriber Suit — Variety
Paramount Agrees to States' Move to Link Antitrust Case to Subscriber Suit Paramount Agrees to States' Move to Link Antitrust Case to Subscriber Suit Paramount has agreed to a request from 12 states to link their federal antitrust case to a pre-existing suit brought by Paramount+ subscribers. The move means that the states’ challenge to the $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery will…
- Brendan Carr pans California's efforts to block Paramount-Warner Bros. merger — Washington Examiner
Brendan Carr pans California's efforts to block Paramount-Warner Bros. merger Search Search Sponsored More --- Add Washington Examiner on Google --- --- Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr said on Wednesday he doubts a 12-state coalition, led by California, will succeed in blocking the pending merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery. California…
- Skydance-Paramount Eye Sept 2026 WBD Close — Market Briefs
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