News Summary

• A federal judge dismissed an antitrust lawsuit brought earlier this year by a group of consumers challenging the Paramount-Warner Bros.
• On Wednesday, u.s. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín ruled that the plaintiffs in the case did not establish standing.
• However, she did decide that the consumers would be allowed to file “an amended complaint” A Paramount spokesperson told TheWrap, “Today’s ruling confirms that the private plaintiffs failed to state a viable antitrust claim challenging this pro-competitive transaction.
• The case was rightly dismissed.”