Trump DOJ Official Minimizes State AGs’ Paramount-WBD Settlement, Says It Yielded No New Antitrust-Related Commitments
Deadline • 9/22/2026 – 9/23/2026
Summary
A top Justice Department official, Stanley Woodward, is minimizing the concessions received by state attorneys general in the settlement of their antitrust lawsuit against the Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery merger. In a statement on Tuesday, Woodward indicated that the Department of Justice concluded that market dynamics provide the necessary incentives, stating that the settlement yielded no new antitrust-related commitments.
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