A group of News Corp. shareholders have sued the media conglomerate over a phone-hacking scandal at its now-closed News of the World tabloid in London.
The lawsuit accuses News Corp. of large-scale governance failures surrounding the British hacking case. News of the World employees have been accused of hacking into the phone of a missing 13-year-old girl, who was later found murdered, as well as those of other crime victims.
The lawsuit was filed in Delaware Chancery Court by shareholders led by Amalgamated Bank. Several municipal and union pension funds joined in the lawsuit. The shareholders own less than 1 percent of News Corp.’s stock combined.
The lawsuit is part of an amended complaint that was filed this year. The shareholders are also challenging News Corp.’s acquisition of Shine Group Ltd., founded by the daughter of News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch. The suit claims that Rupert Murdoch “habitually uses News Corp to enrich himself and his family members at the Company’s and its public shareholders’ expense.”
News Corp. had no comment Monday.
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