12 states sue to stop Warner Bros.-Paramount merger

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is leading 12 states suing to block the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount Skydance.

The lawsuit was filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. In addition to Bonta, who's a Democrat, the plaintiffs are Democratic attorneys general from Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon and Washington.