Rallying outside Paramount's studio lot on Tuesday, members of the Block the Merger coalition denounced its settlement with California Attorney General Rob Bonta that has allowed the studio to complete its acquisition of Warner Bros.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta details the timeline for settlement of the antitrust lawsuit against Paramount regarding the Warner Bros merger deal.

The deal announced this week resolved the last remaining major obstacle standing in the way of the merger. But it didn’t put an end to the drama in the entertainment industry.

California and 11 other states filed a lawsuit in July challenging the proposed merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery.

The California AG spoke on a panel at The Atlantic Festival Thursday, where he addressed the current status of the Paramount antitrust suit.

A plurality of California voters supported Rob Bonta’s antitrust litigation that sought to block Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, according to a new poll by POLITICO and its partners,

Mark Ruffalo urged California Attorney General Rob Bonta not to cave on settlement talks over the $110 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger.

The terms and timing of Paramount Skydance's settlement with state attorneys general were the byproduct of clever maneuvering by CEO David Ellison, who identified a unique point of leverage over the plaintiffs' ringleader California Attorney General Rob Bonta.