Paramount-WBD Trial Set
A California antitrust case pauses Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger plans.
Summary
U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín set a 12-day jury trial beginning March 2, 2027, in the antitrust challenges to Paramount Skydance’s proposed $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The schedule pushes the case beyond Paramount’s bid to complete the merger this summer and aligns more closely with the timeline sought by state attorneys general and the Writers Guild of America. California, other state attorneys general and the WGA sued in mid-July to block the deal.
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