California AG cancels Paramount settlement meeting over antitrust suit
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said he canceled a Monday meeting with Paramount Skydance, stating the company leaked and misrepresented the substance of a Friday settlement discussion and showed a "lack of good faith" [1]. The meeting had been reported by The New York Times as a step toward settling an antitrust lawsuit brought by a group of state attorneys general seeking to block Paramount's takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery [4]. Paramount agreed last month to delay the roughly $110 billion deal until as late as June 2027, about nine months past the planned closing, while the challenge goes to trial [2].
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- cnbc.com · California AG Rob Bonta cancels Paramount settlement meeting, citing 'lack of good faith' Aug 24, 2026
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