Paramount Global will remain on the hook for some of the claims in its legal battle with Warner Bros. Discovery over a 2019 licensing agreement for the long-running Comedy Central series “South Park,” which was brokered for more than $500 million.
The media giant is accused of breach of contract after South Park Digital Studios made two special episodes available to Paramount and MTV and not WBD; “tortious interference” for causing SPDS to breach its agreement with WBD and “unjust enrichment” because it benefitted from streaming the specials that were outside the scope of the deal.
In a ruling on Tuesday, Justice Margaret A.