SCOTUS Orders 12 State Attorneys General to Respond to Paramount-WBD Antitrust Lawsuit Objection

SCOTUS orders 12 state attorneys general to respond to Paramount-WBD antitrust lawsuit objection

(KYMA) - The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has issued an order Wednesday for 12 state attorneys general to respond to an objection regarding their antitrust lawsuit against Paramount Skydance's proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). "Upon consideration of plaintiffs' motion for expedited consideration, it is hereby ordered the defendants are allowed to until September 25, 2026, to file responses to the motion for leave to file a bill o…

The Supreme Court slowly waddles into the Paramount/Warner Bros. merger

Up to this point, the United States Supreme Court has blessedly not been asked to weigh in on the highly politicized fight over Paramount’s desire to consume its ostensible rival, Warner Bros. (Thus saving us the now-standard majority/minority back and forth from the Court, as applied to the works of Jake Tapper and Yellowstone‘s Taylor Sheridan.) Now, though, a sufficiently bright red flag has been waved in order to get the nine-headed hydra of…

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 […]

States at Odds Over Expediting Challenge to Paramount/WBD Suit

A dozen states trying to block Paramount Skydance's purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery are clashing with Iowa and Montana, which have requested that the U.S. Supreme Court expedite their case against the merger challenge. In an opposition last week, the...