Paramount-Warner Merger Puts Remedy Design at the Center of Antitrust Review

The Paramount-Skydance acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery faces divergent regulatory outcomes: European approval with structural remedies (divesting UIP stake, distribution restrictions), DOJ non-challenge, but US state attorneys general won a court pause pending Clayton Act review. Remedy design—not just approval—now determines whether mega-mergers close and under what conditions.

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