US states win temporary Paramount-Warner block, but face tight timetable
By Flavia Fortes ( July 20, 2026, 20:13 GMT | Comment) -- A federal judge handed state attorneys general another early procedural win in merger litigation by temporarily blocking Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. But the court's decision to fast-track the preliminary injunction phase could ultimately prove just as consequential, forcing the states to prepare a complex antitrust case on a timetable they argued is unrealistic. A federal judge handed state attorneys general another early procedural win in merger litigation by temporarily blocking Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. Yet the court's decision to fast-track the preliminary injunction phase could ultimately prove just as consequential, forcing the states to prepare a complex antitrust case on a timetable they argued is unrealistic....
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