This press release is about a court temporarily blocking the merger of Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Skydance Corporation based on antitrust concerns under the Clayton Act. It is not a privacy-related enforcement action. The Minnesota Attorney General joined a multistate coalition to challenge the merger, and the court granted a temporary restraining order.
The court granted a temporary restraining order to halt the merger while considering a preliminary injunction, which would block the merger for the duration of the litigation.
In-house legal teams should review vendor and customer agreements for change of control provisions, non-compete clauses, and exclusivity arrangements that could be affected by a merger. Additionally, review any clauses that may be impacted by antitrust scrutiny, such as pricing or market allocation terms.
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Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. and Paramount Skydance Corporation
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Media & EntertainmentOfficial Press Release
https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/07/20_Paramount-WarnerBros.asp
ordergranting27motionfortemporaryrestraining
https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/ordergranting27motionfortemporaryrestraining.pdf
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https://ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/07/13_Paramount-WarnerBros.asp
Minnesota Attorney General Enforcement Page
https://www.ag.state.mn.us/consumer/
"Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (Warner Bros.)"
"Paramount Skydance Corporation (Paramount)"
"Section 7 of the Clayton Act"
"granted the motion for a temporary restraining order to halt the merger"
The Minnesota Attorney General entered into a 10-year oversight agreement with Sanford Health and North Memorial Health to allow their merger to proceed, conditioned on commitments to invest $600 million in Minnesota hospitals, maintain core services including the Level 1 trauma center at Robbinsdale Hospital, honor collective-bargaining agreements, and maintain charity care and government program participation. The agreement also requires quarterly meetings and annual reporting to the Attorney General for 10 years.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed an opposition to X.AI's motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to block enforcement of Minnesota's anti-nudification law, which bans commercial platforms from allowing users to generate synthetic intimate images of real people. The court previously denied X.AI's motion for a temporary restraining order, and the law took effect August 1, 2026. The AG argues X.AI cannot show irreparable harm and is unlikely to prevail on the merits of its First Amendment claims.
$1.4M
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison reached a settlement with Stevens Community Medical Center (SCMC) over allegations that SCMC improperly calculated discounts required for uninsured patients with household incomes under $125,000, violating the Minnesota Hospital Agreement and state law. As a result, some uninsured patients were billed up to 20.5% more than allowed. SCMC must provide up to $1,412,776.25 in refunds or medical-debt reductions to potentially eligible patients.
$945K
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a settlement with Unlock Partnership Solutions, Inc. over allegations that its 'home equity agreements' were actually unlawful mortgage loans that violated Minnesota's predatory interest rate caps and disclosure requirements. Unlock agreed to pay $944,626 in monetary and debt relief, cease lending unless licensed, and comply with Minnesota mortgage laws.
Attorney General Ellison joined a coalition of 23 other states and DC to sue the Trump administration over a policy that would allow the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to share sensitive TANF recipient data with other federal agencies. The lawsuit argues the policy violates the Administrative Procedure Act and the Spending Clause, and seeks to block its implementation.
The Minnesota court denied X.AI's request for a temporary restraining order that would have halted enforcement of Minnesota's first-in-the-nation AI nudification ban (HF 1606). The law bans technology that generates fake nude images of real people, and Attorney General Ellison argued that X.AI's delay in filing the motion showed no immediate harm. The court agreed, allowing the law to take effect as planned.