Block the Merger Coalition Files Legal Request to Oppose Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal

A coalition of groups working under the Block the Merger banner have filed an emergency request to oppose Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery ahead of a court hearing in California this morning pertaining to the deal. The motion for an amicus brief – enabling interested parties to present legal arguments relating to a case […] A coalition of groups have filed an emergency motion in California seeking to oppose Paramount's Warner Bros. win. A coalition of groups working under the Block the Merger banner have filed an emergency request to oppose Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery ahead of a court hearing in California this morning pertaining to the deal.

The motion for an amicus brief – enabling interested parties to present legal arguments relating to a case — was filed Thursday morning in the federal court of California, where Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín is still deciding over whether to approve the $111 billion deal. In a statement, members of the coalition said they are asking Judge Martínez-Olguín “to grant interested parties the opportunity to formally oppose the weak and unenforceable consent decree that state attorneys general entered into with Paramount on Monday.” The groups participating in the motion are The Committee for the First