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State attorneys general challenge to Paramount Skydance merger draws rebuke, company calls for immediate rejection

7/15/2026

A state attorneys general complaint targeting the proposed Paramount Skydance merger was filed in federal district court in the Northern District of California, and Paramount Skydance Corporation responded from Los Angeles and New York on July 13.

The company called the filing a distortion of settled antitrust law, rooted in a misrepresentation of the underlying facts. Its position was categorical: the complaint must be rejected, and the transaction should close.

The legal challenge Paramount Skydance says the attorneys general have filed a complaint that defies evidence-based antitrust enforcement.

The company's statement characterizes the case as a distortion of settled law, disputing the AGs' reading of doctrine that Paramount Skydance considers already resolved.

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