NEW YORK (AP):The Writers Guild of America became the latest group to challenge Paramount’s US$81-billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, filing a lawsuit seeking to block the merger on the grounds that it would cause “specific harm” to movie and TV writers across the US.A Paramount-Warner merger “threatens the economic and creative health of the American entertainment industry,” reads Tuesday’s federal complaint, which was filed by both the Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America East (jointly the WGA).

Multiple state attorneys general are expected to file a lawsuit challenging the merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, David Faber reports.

Twelve states challenged Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Monday, filing a lawsuit that argues the $81 billion mega merger would “extinguish competition” in…