The New Jersey Attorney General announced that Paramount and Warner Bros. have agreed to put their merger on hold while a lawsuit challenging the merger proceeds. The agreement prevents the merger from moving forward until the end of trial or June 1, 2027, whichever comes first.
Paramount and Warner Bros. agreed to halt their merger until the end of the trial or June 1, 2027, whichever comes first.
In-house legal teams should review their vendor and customer contracts for change-of-control provisions and assignment clauses. The merger halt may trigger termination rights or require consent for assignment. Additionally, any data processing agreements should be reviewed to ensure compliance with privacy obligations during the transition.
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Paramount and Warner Bros.
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Media & Entertainment"Paramount and Warner Bros. have backed down and won’t move forward with their merger"
"We are thrilled that, because of our lawsuit, Paramount and Warner Bros. have backed down and won’t move forward with their merger while our case proceeds."
Press release announcing that Governor Mikie Sherrill will nominate consumer protection expert Christopher L. Peterson to serve as Director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs. Peterson is a former senior CFPB official and legal scholar. No enforcement action or privacy violation is described.
This press release summarizes New Jersey's civil enforcement recoveries in 2025, totaling $193 million across various settlements including False Claims Act, consumer fraud, and environmental cases. No specific privacy enforcement action is detailed.
$18.0M
Attorney General Jennifer Davenport joined a bipartisan coalition of 42 attorneys general in announcing a settlement with the bankruptcy trustee for 23andMe, resolving allegations from a 2023 data breach that compromised genetic data of 6.9 million people worldwide, including nearly 150,000 in New Jersey. The settlement provides $18 million to states from available bankruptcy funds, plus enhanced data security and consumer deletion rights for the successor entity, 23andMe Research Institute.
$45.0M
Block, Inc. agreed to a $45 million multistate settlement with 46 states for allegedly misleading consumers about the safety of Cash App, failing to protect users from fraud, and not providing promised fraud protection. The settlement requires Block to improve customer support, stop misleading claims, and educate consumers about fraud.
Attorney General Jennifer Davenport co-led a coalition of 49 attorneys general in calling on the FCC to strengthen rules to cut off scammers' access to legitimate telephone numbers. The coalition's letter requests stronger certification rules, regular reporting, and prohibitions on number cycling to combat illegal robocalls.
The New Jersey State Board of Pharmacy temporarily suspended the license of pharmacist Nittal K. Lodha and the permit of Woodbury Family Pharmacy for allegedly practicing unsafely, maintaining unsanitary conditions, and interfering with patients' rights to transfer prescriptions to other pharmacies. The suspension was ratified on June 24, 2026.