Public Policy & Legal
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Brendan Carr Accepted Paramount Gifts While FCC Reviewed Company Deals
A ProPublica report scrutinizes the FCC chair’s acceptance of Paramount-funded gala tickets, amid the company’s $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery
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Paramount Skydance Agrees to Tie States’ Merger Antitrust Case With Prior Paramount+ Subscriber Lawsuit
The media company was sued by subscribers on antitrust grounds back in April
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Rob Bonta Says He Worries for CNN’s Future at Paramount, Citing Bari Weiss’ CBS News Revamp
“The truth should be told, whatever the truth is. And the truth should be told, especially about the powerful,” the California attorney general adds
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WGA Sues to Block Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger: ‘This Would Eliminate Competition’
The union’s lawsuit comes a day after 12 state attorneys general filed for a restraining order to block the merger
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Hachette, Scott Turow Sue Google for Using Books to Train AI
Publishers claim the tech giant used millions of copyrighted works without permission to build its Gemini artificial intelligence models
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Paramount-Warner Bros. May Face Devastating Delay With State Antitrust Suit | Analysis
The state attorneys general’s effort lives and dies on whether it gets its request for a preliminary injunction to halt the merger granted
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Justin Baldoni Asks Judge to Reject or ‘Substantially Reduce’ Blake Lively’s $8 Million Legal Fee Request
“Lively fails to meet her burden to present credible evidence showing that the fees and costs she seeks to recover are reasonable,” the filing states
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12 State AGs Seek Temporary Restraining Order to Block Paramount-Warner Merger Ahead of Litigation
The filing comes hours after the state AGs first sued to block the $110 billion deal
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New York Man Arrested for Threatening to Kill Donald Trump Jr. on His ‘Triggered’ Podcast Livestream
The 39-year-old man made threats via Rumble, explicitly saying, “I’m going to kill you”
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Block the Merger Coalition Applauds State Lawsuit Against Paramount: ‘Momentum Is on Our Side’
“It is time to stop oligarchs from strip-mining our culture and selling America off for parts,” antitrust research director Matt Stoller said
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12 State AGs Sue to Block Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger: ‘Protect This Iconic Industry’
“California’s film and entertainment industry touches the lives of Americans daily. We’re going to court to fight for a free and fair market,” Rob Bonta says
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Paramount Is Prepared to Solve ‘Legitimate Antitrust Issues’ If State AGs Sue to Block WBD Merger
David Ellison’s advisers have reportedly discussed relocating their headquarters as California reviews the proposed $110 billion deal
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Paramount-WBD Merger: Oregon AG Withdraws Records Request, Motion to Delay to ‘Consider Next Steps’
ODOJ tells TheWrap that the David Ellison-led media giant thinks they’re “above the law” after refusing to comply and that it won’t “let them waste Oregonians’ resources on these games”
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‘Top Boy’ Actor Micheal Ward Found Not Guilty of Rape, Sexual Assault
The BAFTA-winning actor, who also features in “Eddington” and “Small Axe,” denied the allegations through the London trial
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NY Times and Other Publishers Accuse OpenAI of Obstructing Evidence, Seek Sanctions
“This is a case about copying. There is no question that it happened,” the publishers’ filing states
