Ms. Waxman is a contributing Opinion writer. She wrote from Los Angeles.

Rob Bonta, California’s attorney general, and his ragtag rebel alliance of unions, concerned celebrities and fellow Democratic state attorneys general were never going to win.

We had to endure months of back-and-forth posturing and some glee over the idea that Paramount Skydance might compromise in a serious way — or even fail — to complete its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery before an Oct. 1 late-fee deadline. And then it all ended with a friendly entente, a bunch of........

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