States Challenging Paramount Merger Have a Deadline to Respond to Complaint

Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger: Supreme Court Asks for State AG Response to Iowa, Montana Objection by Sept. 25

Brenna Bird and Austin Knudsen previously asked the court to block the "politicized" lawsuit against the pending $110 billion deal

Supreme Court Says AGs Must Respond To Merger Suit Objections From Red States

When all is said and done, the antitrust clash between Paramount Skydance and a dozen blue states may be best articulated by a certain Earth, Wind & Fire tune and remembering a day or two in September. In a move that could be read as a lifeline or a death knell depending on your POV, […]

States Challenging Paramount Merger Have a Deadline to Respond to Complaint

California and 11 other states challenging Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery have until September 25 to respond to two other states, Iowa and Montana, which are backing Paramount and claiming in a lawsuit that the challenge is a political attack. Politico reporter Daniel Miller shared the update on X, noting that Iowa and Montana […]

U.S. Supreme Court Orders California-Led State Coalition and WGA to Respond to Montana, Iowa Motion That Paramount-WBD Merger Antitrust Lawsuit is Politically Motivated

The United States Supreme Court Sept. 9 ordered the state of California, 11 other states and the Writers Guild of America to respond by Sept. 25 to a motion filed by the Republican attorney generals of Montana and Iowa alleging that the defendants’ antitrust lawsuit against the $111 billion Paramount/Warner Bros. Discovery merger is politically … Continue reading "U.S. Supreme Court Orders California-Led State Coalition and WGA to Respond to Mon…