https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/paramount-s-trying-to-pull-a-fast-one-with-1-88b-bond-request-in-antitrust-trial-state-ags-and-wga-declareContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/paramount-s-trying-to-pull-a-fast-one-with-1-88b-bond-request-in-antitrust-trial-state-ags-and-wga-declarehttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/paramount-s-trying-to-pull-a-fast-one-with-1-88b-bond-request-in-antitrust-trial-state-ags-and-wga-declare#u55136Thu, 03 Sep 2026 04:20:22 +0000Paramount is seeking to settle with 12 states in an antitrust trial regarding its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, but the offer includes a demand that the states post a bond of $1.88 billion to $1.9 billion. California and the Writers Guild of America have asked the court to reject this request, with critics describing the bond demand as an attempt to pull a fast one. Meanwhile, New Jersey leaders and some red states are attempting to exit the lawsuit, citing economic benefits to the creative economy.Why it mattersThe antitrust trial centers on the merger between Paramount Skydance and War