Paramount, Skydance and Accelerates Investor Suit

Delaware Judge Expedites Review Of Paramount-Skydance Merger In Shareholder Suit But Declines To Block It As Case Unfolds
A Delaware Chancery Court judge agreed to expedite a suit by a group New York City pension funds against Paramount and Skydance but denied their requiest for a temporary restraining order.
Judge Declines to Block Paramount-Skydance Merger, but Accelerates Investor Suit
A Delaware judge on Thursday declined to issue an order to temporarily halt the merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media. But in the ruling, Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick agreed to set a “break-neck pace” for an investor suit that seeks to block the deal in favor of a competing bid from Project Rise Partners.
Paramount-Skydance Merger Advances as Judge Considers Higher Bid
Paramount Global’s $8 billion sale to Skydance Media LLC will move forward for now even as a judge weighs forcing the Paramount board to consider a last-minute $13.5 billion offer.
Judge Declines To Block Paramount-Skydance Merger But Sets Pension Fund Lawsuit On Expedited Schedule
A Delaware judge declined to order an immediate halt to Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Paramount Global, but has set an expedited schedule for considering a shareholder lawsuit to force the consideration of a rival bid.
Judge opens door to possible bidding war for Paramount as it scrambles to close $8B Skydance merger
The biggest question for Judge McCormick, according to University of Pennsylvania Business Law School Professor Jill Fisch, is whether the largely unknown Prospect Rise Partners is a legitimate
Judge may consider blocking Paramount-Skydance deal
A Delaware judge is willing to consider allegations in a class action lawsuit that Paramount Global's $8 billion sale to Skydance Media should be blocked from closing because it short-changes public shareholders,
Judge Denies Request to Block Paramount-Skydance Merger, Expedites Shareholder Lawsuit
A judge in Delaware Chancery Court denied a request on Thursday by Paramount Global shareholders to issue a temporary restraining order against the company's potential merger with Skydance Media but has agreed to expedite the shareholders' lawsuit so it is completed before FCC review of the merger is completed.
U.S. judge may block Paramount-Skydance deal after shareholder suit alleges fiduciary breach
A U.S. judge in Delaware is willing to consider allegations brought against Paramount Global (NASDAQ:PARA) (NASDAQ:PARAA) in a lawsuit that says the media conglomerate's $8B sale to David Ellison's Skydance Media should be blocked from closing because it short-changes public shareholders,

Paramount Moves to Throw Out Trump's '60 Minutes' Suit

Paramount-Skydance Deal Faces Legal Challenge-Here's What It Means for Shareholders
A Delaware judge allows an investor lawsuit over Paramount's $8B sale to Skydance, raising new hurdles for the deal ...
Why the FCC probe into Paramount-Skydance merger could drag on for months: sources
The network has recently begun hiring outside lawyers in preparation for a long legal slog through the FCC deal-approval bureaucracy.
Shari Redstone Wants a Resolution on Trump Lawsuit Ahead of Skydance Deal
Redstone, who controls Paramount, has been trying to close a merger with the Hollywood studio Skydance. President Trump’s ...
Paramount expects to complete Skydance deal by summer
The Shari Redstone-controlled media company released fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday. The company cut streaming losses.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Suggests That Skydance-Paramount Merger Review Is Far From Finished
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said that the agency’s review of the proposed Skydance-Paramount Global merger is far from finished ...
M&A News: Paramount (NASDAQ:PARA) Merger May Go Back to Bid
That merger that entertainment giant Paramount (PARA) hoped would hit this summer may end up being off altogether. That visit ...
Skydance exec Jeff Shell pressed CBS News to release ‘60 Minutes’ Kamala Harris transcript ahead of Paramount merger: report
Shell pushed CBS News chief Wendy McMahon and “60 Minutes” boss Bill Owens to release the transcript of the sitdown with then ...
This Week in Chancery Court: NYC Seeks Paramount Global Bid War
New York City’s public pension funds are trying to open a bidding war that could derail Paramount Global’s $8 billion merger ...