A federal judge on Monday temporarily stopped Paramount from completing its $111 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery while she considers a lawsuit that argues the deal violates antitrust laws, ...

The Paramount-Warner Bros. merger has been put on pause after California Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín granted a temporary restraining order on Monday, adding a fresh time element to a deal facing a t...

“This is a critical first win in our case to ensure this megamerger never sees the light of day,” Rob Bonta, the California attorney general, said in a statement following Monday’s order.