07:51 AM EDT, 03/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The US Department of Justice on Friday filed a motion to extend the briefing deadlines in the lawsuit filed by United States Steel ( X ) and Nippon Steel against the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, US Steel said in a regulatory filing Monday.

The DOJ is seeking to extend the deadlines by 21 days and reschedule the oral argument to the week of May 12 "to allow the government to complete its ongoing discussions with the parties regarding the [m]erger, with the goal of eliminating the need for resolution of the CFIUS Litigation on the merits," the filing said.

US Steel and Nippon Steel consented to the motion, but it remains subject to court approval, US Steel said.