Oregon Drops Bid to Delay Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger

The state's attorney general had sought a 60-day pause to review documents related to the takeover.

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield has withdrawn his effort to delay the closing of Paramount's takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, according to The Verge, which cited Deadline and Variety.

Rayfield had been seeking documents from Paramount related to the merger and had asked a state circuit court judge to postpone the deal's closing by 60 days so his office could review them. He has since dropped that request, according to the trade outlets' reporting relayed by The Verge.

The reversal removes one potential obstacle to finalizing the merger, though it was not clear from available reporting whether Rayfield's broader document requests remain active or what prompted the change in approach.

— Compiled from reporting by The Verge.