‘Laws were broken’: multistate effort to stop Paramount’s $111bn merger heads to court

Attorneys general from 12 states are suing to block the Paramount-Warner Bros deal they say violates antitrust law A last-ditch effort to block the merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) is heading to court as 12 Democratic state...

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What happened: Attorneys general from 12 states are suing to block the Paramount-Warner Bros deal they say violates antitrust law A last-ditch effort to block the merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) is heading to court as 12 Democratic state...

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Source attribution: The Guardian Business via theguardian.com. Original report: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jul/17/paramount-warner-bros-merger