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Webinar Video: The Paramount Merger Litigation
Video: can state AGs stop Paramount's Warner Bros. Discovery deal? Asheesh Agarwal, Eric Fruits and Michael Toth on the merger litigation.
Ashley Baker
Sep 8


Video: Ashley Baker on State Attorneys General and Antitrust at the Lexington Institute
Ashley Baker’s remarks at the Lexington Institute’s Capitol Hill conference on the shift of antitrust enforcement to state attorneys general.
Ashley Baker
Aug 24


Webinar: The Paramount Merger Litigation: Can State AGs Stop the Deal?
DOJ cleared Paramount's Warner Bros. Discovery deal; twelve state AGs sued anyway. CFJ's Aug. 20 webinar asks whether the states can stop it.
Ashley Baker
Aug 19


California Is Suing to Preserve Hollywood's Decline
In the Orange County Register, we argued that California's suit against the Paramount-WBD merger would preserve Hollywood's decline, not reverse it.
Ashley Baker
Jul 29


The Merger Isn't Killing Hollywood. Hollywood Already Did That
In the Washington Examiner, we argued that state AGs fighting Paramount's Warner Bros. Discovery deal misread both the merger and Hollywood.
Ashley Baker
Jul 22


CFJ Urges FTC and DOJ to Return HSR Filings to Their Statutory Purpose
In comments to the FTC and DOJ, we urged the agencies to return HSR premerger filings to their statutory purpose: screening mergers.
Ashley Baker
May 27


CFJ Comments to the FTC and DOJ on the HSR Premerger Notification Form
In comments to the FTC and DOJ, we urged the agencies to keep HSR premerger filings a narrow screening tool, not a litigation-style dossier.
Ashley Baker
May 26


Surface Transportation Board, Don't Be a Third Rail
In The Washington Times, we argued that the STB should approve the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger based on dynamic competition, not size.
Jeffrey Depp
Dec 3, 2025


Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern: A Merger That Strengthens Competition Where It Counts
In The National Law Review, we argued that the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger would strengthen competition by helping rail take on trucking.
Ashley Baker
Sep 16, 2025
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