Paramount and Warner Bros. Merger Paused for at Least 2 Weeks by Judge

A justice has ordered a impermanent intermission to the arguable Paramount-Warner Bros. merger.

As reported by Variety, Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin called for the merger to travel to a halt aft a authorities conjugation argued the determination would interruption national antitrust law. The fearfulness is that it could pb to higher prices and less movies and TV shows.

Paramount had reportedly expected to adjacent the woody by Wednesday, July 22. The impermanent restraining bid volition support the woody from being finalized for different 14 days, but could beryllium extended for arsenic overmuch arsenic 28 days.

A full of 12 states question to artifact the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger. Paramount lawyer Jeffrey Kessler has argued the states person failed to supply capable grounds to suggest the merger is anticompetitive.

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