July 20, 2026

Paramount and Warner Bros. merger blocked by temporary restraining order one day before close

a couple of men standing on a scaffold in front of a tall building — Jutharat Suanprang / Unsplash

California District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín granted a temporary restraining order on the $110 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger on Monday, pausing the deal for 14 days. The order came after a coalition of 12 state attorneys genera...