EntertainmentJudge delays sign-off on Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger settlement
Variety reports that the judge in a case brought by 12 state attorneys general questioned the settlement’s legal points and said a ruling would come in “due course.”
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Variety reports that a judge questioned legal points of the settlement in the antitrust case brought by 12 state attorneys general to block the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger. The judge said a ruling would come in “due course.” Deadline reported on September 24, 2026, that sign-off was delayed and that the California attorney general’s office insisted the deal was “not the result of collusion.”
Judge delays sign-off on Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger settlement
Variety reports that the judge in a case brought by 12 state attorneys general questioned the settlement’s legal points and said a ruling would come in “due course.”