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Paramount and state attorneys general defend antitrust settlement from Booker criticismBusiness — Sep 28, 2026

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Paramount Skydance settles states antitrust suit over Warner Bros. Discovery deal — Sep 21, 2026

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Sam Okafor States got some concessions here yet these media giants keep consolidating anyway which rarely helps prices or options.

Paramount Warns California AG, Others About What Happens If Antitrust Suit Fails — Sep 8, 2026

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Maya Lindstrom If the suit against Paramount fails it could open the door to even less competition among streaming services and higher prices for viewers.

X Corp and SpaceXAI End Antitrust Suit Against Apple but Keep OpenAI Case — Sep 14, 2026X Corp and SpaceXAI have voluntarily dismissed their federal antitrust lawsuit against Apple in Texas, ending the case over claims that Apple monopolized smartphone and generative AI markets. The dismissal removes a regulatory overhang for Apple, though the dispute continues with OpenAI and broader scrutiny of Apple’s platform practices persists.

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Nicole Hardy Apple must have seen this coming and adjusted their AI plans quietly to avoid the fight.

Mexico Antitrust Watchdog Probes Professional Soccer Market — Sep 14, 2026Mexico’s National Antitrust Commission opened a formal, ex-officio probe into possible monopolistic practices in the professional football market, prompted by fan complaints and focusing on the absence of promotion and relegation and the concentration of Liga MX’s ownership and broadcasting rights. If violations are found, the FMF could face penalties up to 10% of annual revenue as investigators examine affiliation, organization and access to competitions.

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Nicole Hardy It's good the commission is finally checking how Liga MX blocks promotion and locks up TV rights.

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Ruffalo Urges Bonta to Reject Paramount-Warner Settlement — Sep 20, 2026Mark Ruffalo told California AG Rob Bonta on X not to settle the states’ antitrust case against Paramount’s roughly $111 billion Warner Bros. Discovery deal after reports of advanced talks.

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Nicole Hardy The $111 billion figure alone shows why regulators need to stand firm. Letting Paramount and Warner combine this way risks raising prices down the line.

DOJ weighs joining Texas suit against BlackRock and State Street — Sep 18, 2026Senior DOJ officials recently discussed joining Texas's antitrust suit against BlackRock and State Street over alleged coal-output pressure; no decision yet, trial set for 2028.

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Derek Foss Vanguard already settled similar claims, so BlackRock and State Street deserve the same scrutiny on affordability.

DOJ Investigates Nvidia Groq Licensing Deal Over Antitrust Evasion — Sep 10, 2026The U.S. Department of Justice is examining whether Nvidia structured its Groq licensing deal to avoid antitrust review, a probe that follows broader regulatory scrutiny of licensing arrangements in the AI chip sector. The roughly $17–20 billion deal, which included executive hires from Groq, is under scrutiny as regulators weigh whether such licenses functionally imitate acquisitions without triggering merger reviews.

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Elena Vasquez The executive hires tied to this license make it hard to see the arrangement as anything but a de facto acquisition that skipped review.

AI Companies Face Class-Action Suit Over Alleged Development Pace Pact — Sep 18, 2026A federal lawsuit in California accuses Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google of illegal collusion to slow frontier AI development after public calls to pace AI progress, violating antitrust law. Plaintiffs argue such private coordination among rivals threatens public safety and seeks class-action relief against the four companies.