Public Policy & Legal
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Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Timeline: What’s Next After That Restraining Order?
A preliminary injunction hearing is set for Aug. 3
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Trump DOJ Subpoenas NY Times’ Reporters and Relatives for Phone Records in Push to Identify Sources
The newspaper is seeking to quash subpoenas tied to reporting on the president’s new Air Force One
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Paramount’s Makan Delrahim Slams State AG Lawsuit: ‘Weaponization of Antitrust Law’
The media giant’s chief legal officer also reveals a list of possible concessions has already been sent to California’s Rob Bonta
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‘Shark Tank’ Star Kevin O’Leary Sued Over Utah Data Center Claims
Fox News is also named in the defamation lawsuit
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Tulsi Gabbard’s Brother Arrested for Allegedly Trying to Lure Kids to Hotel Room
Bhakti “Batarti” Gabbard faces charges in Hawaii
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Influencer Andrew Tate and Brother Tristan Arrested in Miami
“They’re pulling out all the stops to make sure these guys never get their day in court,” the Tate brothers’ attorney hits back
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Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger: Judge Will Rule on Temporary Restraining Order by Wednesday
State AGs argued the $110 billion deal would give the combined company more leverage over movie theaters and cable distributors, increase consumer prices and reduce content output
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Judge Rips Washington Post’s ‘Sloppy and Inadequate’ Reporting Despite Ruling in Its Favor
“If the law did not require ‘clear and convincing evidence of actual malice’ … a jury would have had the opportunity to weigh in,” Judge Tom Barber writes
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Wired Slams ‘Baseless’ Madison Square Garden Defamation Lawsuit Over Its Gay Celeb Surveillance Story
“We stand by this reporting, and plan to vigorously defend it,” leadership for the outlet writes
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‘Top Gun’ Magazine Article Heirs Appeal Spiked Paramount Lawsuit to Supreme Court
A federal judge ruled in 2024 that “Top Gun: Maverick” is not materially similar to a 1983 magazine article
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Trump Drops Part of His $10 Billion Lawsuit Against the BBC
The president sued the British broadcaster for defamation over a “Panorama” documentary back in December
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Judge Denies Preliminary Injunction in Paramount-Warner Bros. Consumer Lawsuit
Araceli Martínez-Olguín determined that plaintiffs failed to show irreparable harm or that their case would have a likelihood of success
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Timothy Busfield Bemoans Being ‘Canceled’ Amid Child Sex Abuse Allegations: ‘My Career Is Done’
“I’ll never work again just based on people’s fear that I would do this again and even if it wasn’t true,” the actor says
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Paramount Calls the States’ Antitrust Case Against Warner Bros. Merger ‘One of the Weakest’ in Modern History
The David Ellison-led company says states’ challenge ignores the competitive media landscape and should not block the $110 billion WBD deal
