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Paramount lawyer Delrahim defends use of lobbyists to ease merger transactions

By Curtis Eichelberger ( March 26, 2026, 01:36 GMT | Insight) -- Paramount’s chief legal officer said the company used lobbyists to assist the company during its merger negotiation with Warner Bros Discovery — and there is nothing wrong with that. Makan Delrahim, a former assistant attorney general during the first Donald Trump administration and now the company’s top legal executive, said at an antitrust conference in Washington, DC, that meeting with state and federal government agencies and regulators is part of how the game is played.Paramount’s chief legal officer said the company used lobbyists to assist the company during its merger negotiation with Warner Bros Discovery — and there is nothing wrong with that....

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