Phone Hacking: Lawyers To Launch US Action

[Bosonic]

Source: Sky News

Lawyers acting for phone hacking victims are planning to launch legal action in the US against directors of the News Of The World's (NOTW) parent company News Corp, Sky Sources have said.

It is another significant escalation in the phone-hacking saga and could threaten the position of News Corp's founder Rupert Murdoch.

The Court proceedings will be lodged in New York.

They will claim that some of the allegations about what went on at the now defunct paper broke not only UK law, but potentially American law too.

Read more: http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16075795

[dipsydoodle]

1. The main reason its being done in the US

is because class action suits don't exist / are inoperable in the UK.........according to Lewis.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

2. Probably the only way these criminals will ever have to answer for

undoubtedly doing the same things in the US as they did in the UK.

Seems any "investigation" into their similar activities here have suddenly gone very quiet. Unlike in the UK, corprat criminals operate with utter impunity here in the good ol US of Ass.

[judykach]

3. Phone Hacking

They need to investigate NEWS AMERICA MARKETING...used similar
tactics, computer hacking.  News America Marketing has settled
several lawsuits out of court one for 650 million another for
325 million.  Unethical practices. threats. lies...just the
tip of the iceberg.  Murdoch companies all have the same mode
of operation.

[beac]

4. So true.

And WELCOME to DU!! :hi:

[brooklynite]

5. Perhaps there could be a question in the next Fox News debate?

Proper relationship between elected officials and the media?