Phone-hacking lawyer takes News Corp action to the US as blogger sues Times
Phone-hacking lawyer Mark Lewis is poised to take legal action against News Corporation in the US, as the long-running scandal moves beyond the UK courts. Taylor Hampton's Lewis is set to arrive in the US this weekend to begin discussions with New York civil liberties lawyer Norman Siegel over legal action for three alleged victims of phone-hacking described as a "well-known sports person", a sports person not in the public eye and a US citizen.
April 12, 2012 at 07:22 AM
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Phone-hacking lawyer Mark Lewis is poised to take legal action against News Corporation in the US, as the long-running scandal moves beyond the UK courts.
Taylor Hampton's Lewis is set to arrive in the US this weekend to begin discussions with New York civil liberties lawyer Norman Siegel over legal action for three alleged victims of phone-hacking described as a "well-known sports person", a sports person not in the public eye and a US citizen.
Lewis (pictured) is expected to lodge a number of lawsuits in the New York courts in the coming months.
The news comes after Lewis last September announced his intention to file a US class action against News Corp relating to allegations of phone-hacking and police bribery by News of the World (NoW) staff. Lewis represents a number of phone-hacking victims including the family of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler.
Separately, Taylor Hampton is also advising police blogger Richard Horton on his legal claim against The Times.
The claim, for misuse of confidential information and deceit, comes after Horton, the anonymous author of the 'Nightjack' blog, failed in a 2009 attempt to obtain an injunction to prevent former Times reporter Patrick Foster identifying him in the newspaper.
The editor of The Times, James Harding, later admitted to the Leveson Inquiry that Horton's email account had been hacked into.
The hacking scandal, which led to last July's closure of the NoW, has seen a number of high-profile lawyers face intense media scrutiny.
News International's longstanding legal manager Tom Crone left the company last summer amid the scandal, while the ensuing Leveson Inquiry into media standards has featured tough questions for lawyers including Farrer & Co's Julian Pike, ex-Harbottle & Lewis managing partner Lawrence Abramson and former Times legal manager Alastair Brett.
News Corporation has paid out nearly $200m (£126m) in legal costs over the phone-hacking scandal to date, with the majority spent on external advice, according to the company's latest financial results announced in February this year.
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