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News Corp's independent directors hire top lawyers
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July 20, 2011, Wednesday
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News Corp's independent directors have hired a top New York white-collar defense attorney and a former U.S. attorney general as Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate seeks to contain fast-developing scandals rooted in its UK newspaper business, Reuters reported.
Mary Jo White and former Attorney General Michael Mukasey have been brought aboard to advise independent director Viet Dinh, New York law firm Debevoise & Plimpton, where both attorneys practice, said in a statement on Tuesday.
Dinh, who is also an attorney, is supervising News Corp's management and standards committee on behalf the independent directors. The committee is cooperating with authorities investigating the scandals.
Separately, the Wall Street Journal reported that the company has hired Mark Mendelsohn, a partner in the Washington office of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, who has extensive experience with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
The Journal, citing sources familiar with the matter, said Mendelsohn's mandate could not immediately be learned but noted his hiring comes amid questions over whether alleged bribes that News Corp's defunct News of the World newspaper paid to British police could constitute a violation of the act.
The Journal is owned by News Corp.
Mary Jo White and former Attorney General Michael Mukasey have been brought aboard to advise independent director Viet Dinh, New York law firm Debevoise & Plimpton, where both attorneys practice, said in a statement on Tuesday.
Dinh, who is also an attorney, is supervising News Corp's management and standards committee on behalf the independent directors. The committee is cooperating with authorities investigating the scandals.
Separately, the Wall Street Journal reported that the company has hired Mark Mendelsohn, a partner in the Washington office of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, who has extensive experience with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
The Journal, citing sources familiar with the matter, said Mendelsohn's mandate could not immediately be learned but noted his hiring comes amid questions over whether alleged bribes that News Corp's defunct News of the World newspaper paid to British police could constitute a violation of the act.
The Journal is owned by News Corp.
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