Paramount Wants Lawsuit Seeking to Block Warner Bros. Deal Tossed: ‘Clumsy Attempt to Politicize Antitrust Litigation’

By Todd Spangler

Todd Spangler

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In April, five streaming subscribers filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block Paramount Skydance‘s $111 billion deal to swallow up Warner Bros. Discovery on antitrust grounds.

Paramount on Thursday (June 3) filed a motion with the court seeking to have the case dismissed, arguing that the plaintiffs’ allegations that the merger violates antitrust laws “do not have any factual support.”

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