The mega-merger of the year will apparently go forward. Paramount has reached a settlement with the US states in a lawsuit challenging its $110bn merger with Warner Bros Key points and original sources are listed below.

• The mega-merger of the year will apparently go forward.S1

• Paramount has reached a settlement with the US states in a lawsuit challenging its $110bn merger with Warner BrosS2

• Ellison-led Paramount will avoid daily $7m fee if the $110bn Warner Bros merger closes by September 30.S3

• Paramount has reached a settlement with California and the 11 other states that sued to block its planned $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The settlement removes a major roadblock standing in the way of the massive media merger. Paramount Ch...S4

• States including California and New York sued over concerns of ‘extinguishing competition’ with $81bn mergerParamount has reached a settlement with California and several other states that sued over a proposed $81bn merger with Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), the...S5