Federal Court Grants Temporary Restraining Order Blocking Integration Of Nation's Two Largest Local Broadcast Station Owners

On March 27, 2026, Chief Judge Troy L. Nunley of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California granted a satellite cable company’s (“plaintiff”) motion for a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) against two of the largest local broadcast station owners (collectively “defendants”) to stop the integration and consolidation of second largest local broadcast station owner (“target company”) with the first largest local broadcast station owner (“defendant” and collectively... By: A&O Shearman