A federal judge temporarily blocked Paramount's $110 billion Warner Bros. merger

A federal judge granted a 14-day temporary restraining order blocking Paramount's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, responding to a 12-state coalition's antitrust challenge. The court scheduled a hearing for August 3 to decide whether to extend the block indefinitely through a preliminary injunction.

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