The Justice Department has greenlit David Ellison's $111 billion merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. But according to The Hollywood Reporter, state attorneys general led by California are preparing a lawsuit to block it. It's a classic regulatory standoff: federal approval moving forward while state-level legal challenges loom over one of entertainment's largest recent consolidations.

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