Wake Up Call: Paramount May Add Former Trump Antitrust Chief

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• A top former Trump administration antitrust official, Makan Delrahim, is in advanced talks to join the newly merged Paramount Global in a major legal role. Delrahim has become a key adviser to Paramount CEO David Ellison in recent years. After leading DOJ’s antitrust division in the first Trump administration, Delrahim has been a partner at Latham & Watkins, where he leads the firm’s global antitrust and competition practice. He advised on the on the $8.4 billion Skydance-Paramount ...