Overview
- Acting antitrust chief Omeed Assefi said the deal will “absolutely not” receive easier treatment for political reasons and called claims of politicized enforcement “ludicrous,” adding the division will be aggressive in merger reviews.
- Paramount Skydance’s roughly $111 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery remains under federal antitrust review after Netflix withdrew its competing bid following its own DOJ review.
- Paramount has expressed confidence in its regulatory path, but the Justice Department can still challenge the transaction even though the Hart–Scott–Rodino waiting period expired on Feb. 20.
- California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the state has an open investigation into the proposed acquisition.
- A breach-of-contract lawsuit alleges President Trump told Larry Ellison he would help secure the deal; Paramount called the suit frivolous and the claims entirely without merit.