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Paramount Challenges States’ Antitrust Suit Over Warner Bros. Discovery Deal: Says States Lack Authority

Paramount filed a legal response on Friday to a 12‑state antitrust suit challenging the Warner Bros. Discovery merger. The company outlined defenses it may use at a trial next March, including a claim that authority to regulate the merger rests with the U.S. Department of Justice (UTC‑based source).

  • Paramount filed a response on Friday to an antitrust suit by a coalition of 12 states over the Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
  • The studio asserts it may argue authority to regulate the merger lies with the U.S. Department of Justice (organizer’s timezone).
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Variety Film
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Sharpeville survivors and families seek court ruling to void Indemnity Act 61 of 1961

Survivors and relatives of the 21 March 1960 Sharpeville shootings have filed court papers asking the Gauteng High Court to declare Indemnity Act 61 of 1961 unconstitutional and to certify a class action. Lawyers for Human Rights say the 1961 law blocked civil and criminal proceedings arising from the massacre.

  • Survivors and relatives have asked the Gauteng High Court to declare Indemnity Act 61 of 1961 unconstitutional and to certify a class action (organiser timezone: SAST).
  • Apartheid-era police records recorded 69 dead and 180 injured; a 2024 study using police records suggests up to 91 dead and 238 injured.
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Al Jazeera English
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Paramount Seeks $1.88 Billion Bond from States and WGA Over Warner Bros. Merger Delay

Paramount reiterated in a court filing that 12 states and the Writers Guild of America must post a $1.88 billion bond to secure losses should its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery not close before the trial ends next spring. The demand arises from antitrust lawsuits seeking to block the deal.

  • Paramount again seeks a $1.88 billion bond from 12 states and the WGA.
  • Bond is intended to cover losses if the Warner Bros. Discovery takeover does not close before the trial ends next spring.
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Variety Film