Federal judge slaps temporary block on Paramount merger with Warner/HBO/CNN.
Paramount Skydance’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery hit a roadblock Monday when a federal judge paused the proposed merger, granting a request from a coalition of 12 state attorneys general who sued to thwart the $110 billion deal. U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín of the Northern District of California issued a temporary restraining order barring …