Paramount maintains that it is on track to close its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by the end of September, even after a multistate antitrust lawsuit. CNBC and Deadline report that state attorneys general from California, New York, and 10 other states filed the lawsuit challenging the merger. Paramount’s lead trial counsel, Jeffrey Kessler, says the company’s plan remains to complete the deal on time. Deadline adds that the parties are also pursuing additional legal steps, including a potential Supreme Court appeal, indicating the dispute could continue beyond the target closing date. While the lawsuit seeks to block or delay the transaction, Paramount argues that the merger schedule can proceed. The reports agree that the central issue is whether the merger faces enough legal obstacles from the states’ antitrust claims to prevent closing by late September. Overall, the coverage reflects ongoing uncertainty in the timing and legal path of the deal, but Paramount continues to project a late-September closing rather than a delay.