News Corp could face 500 lawsuits

2 Jun 2012, 1:22 pm   -   Source: AP
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A lawyer for Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper group says the company could face 500 lawsuits from victims of tabloid phone hacking - far more than have so far been filed.

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A lawyer for Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper group says the company could face 500 lawsuits from victims of tabloid phone hacking - far more than have so far been filed.

Michael Silverleaf QC told a case management conference at the high court in London on Friday that "we are dealing with 500 claims, potentially" from people who say their voicemail messages were intercepted by the now-defunct News of the World.

Murdoch's News Group Newspapers has paid millions of pounds to settle lawsuits from 60 actors, athletes, politicians and other public figures whose voicemails were hacked by the tabloid.

More than 45 new cases are due to go to court, with claimants including soccer star Wayne Rooney and Cherie Blair, wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Murdoch closed the News of the World last July amid an outcry over its wrongdoing.


 

News Corporation , Rupert Murdoch , Phone Hacking Scandal

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mark - from moonta, 12 months ago

It's simple Murdoch is not a fit and proper person and should be forced to sell all his shares in his media companies. Murdoch is the worst example of corporate greed. The man will do anything if it helps his bottom line and gutless politicians will kiss his a-- just to stay in power.

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