Federal Court Hearing Set For State AGs’ Emergency Motion To Halt Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger

A national tribunal has group a proceeding for Friday to see an emergency mobility revenge by a twelve authorities attorneys wide to astatine slightest temporarily halt Paramount‘s projected merger pinch Warner Bros. Discovery.

The states are seeking a impermanent restraining order to region nan transaction arsenic their antitrust suit proceeds.

U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts was assigned nan lawsuit earlier connected Tuesday. Pitts was appointed to nan national chair by President Joe Biden.

The proceeding will beryllium astatine 10 a.m. PT. The tribunal besides group a deadline of noon connected Thursday for Paramount’s guidance to nan TRO.

The states want nan judge to norm by July 22, informing that nan institution would different adjacent nan transaction aft that date. The day is astir nan clip that nan European Union is expected to rumor its determination connected nan transaction, pinch nan U.S. Justice Department having already cleared nan deal.

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