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business1 month ago•22 min saved

Bonta’s Paramount Challenge: A Fairness-First Antitrust Stand

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is pursuing a high-stakes antitrust lawsuit to block Paramount Skydance’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, arguing the deal harms competition and demanding structural remedies rather than simple concessions. Facing political pressure to settle, Bonta has pressed forward, underscoring his fairness-and-rule-of-law approach and drawing on his activist-family background as the case heads toward a March trial with potential penalties accruing after Sept. 30.

via Variety|

#antitrust #bonta #business

politics6 months ago•4 min saved

Appeals panel lets Riverside ballot probe continue after AG challenge

An appeals court denied California A.G. Rob Bonta’s bid to stop Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco’s ballot-investigation, directing him to refile in a lower court; Bianco seized more than 650,000 ballots tied to Prop. 50 and calls the probe a lawful fact-finding mission, while Bonta argues the warrants and inquiry are legally deficient and could undermine public trust ahead of the governor’s race.

via Los Angeles Times|

#ballots #bianco #bonta

business7 months ago•21 min saved

Delrahim Faces Countdown to Close Paramount-Warner Megamerger

Paramount’s $111 billion bid for Warner Bros. faces a regulatory gauntlet headed by DOJ antitrust chief Makan Delrahim, with California AG Rob Bonta and other state regulators weighing in, plus foreign approvals. A potential mix of antitrust, labor/monopsony, and horizontal-competition concerns could delay or block closing, paving the way for court action in California and possible concessions from Paramount as it carries heavy debt and pursues a high-volume movie slate.

via The Hollywood Reporter|

#antitrust #bonta #business