Paramount Repeats Demand That States and WGA Post $1.88 Billion Bond Over Warner Bros. Merger Delay, After AGs Argue Company Is Trying to ‘Offload Its Responsibility’ for Ticking Fees

Sep 8, 2026 2:47pm PT Paramount Repeats Demand That States and WGA Post $1.88 Billion Bond Over Warner Bros. Merger Delay, After AGs Argue Company Is Trying to ‘Offload Its Responsibility’ for Ticking Fees

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Paramount Skydance on Tuesday reiterated its demand in a court filing that 12 states and the WGA — whose antitrust lawsuits seek to block its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery — post $1.88 billion in bond as security for the losses Paramount would incur if the deal doesn’t close until after the trial concludes next spring.

U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin, who is hearing the cases, has set a Sept. 24 hearing date to consider Paramount’s bond request.

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