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BY NING ZHOU

ANCHOR ANTHONY MARTINEZ

U.K. tabloid News of the World phone hacking scandal sent shock waves throughout that nation, and now it seems the U.S. is feeling the ripples. Sky News has the details.

“Mark Lewis, one of the lawyers of the phone hacking saga has instructed lawyer in the United Sates to take action against News Corp and some of its director. (FLASH) Now the reason that this is massively significant is this is the first time … of my understanding that this is an act across the Atlantic. Two front doors worked together to ... Rupert Murdoch from achieving the executive officer.”

News Corp is the parent company for the recently shutdown tabloid News of the World. Lewis tells the BBC the U.S. needs to bear responsibility for the actions of its companies.


“Although events might have happened in territories abroad,  … [t]he American organization can be responsible ...the events that might have happened in Britain … they are meant to have some control under American law..."

Lewis has reportedly recruited New York-based lawyer Norman Siegel to look for credible evidence that News Corp. may have bribed police in the U.S. as well. The Guardian explains how this could affect the American-side of the company.

“The move will be a fresh setback for News Corp which has been trying to insulate itself against contagion from the UK phone-hacking scandal that has engulfed its British publishing empire.”

Siegel tells the Associated Press that he has only been exploring whether court action against News Corp in the U.S. is even possible. The Huffington Post points out what could happen if a case is filed.

“...it would broaden the scope of a scandal that has shaken the media mogul's empire and potentially expose it to greater financial penalties.”


So what is Lewis’ chance of having a case against News Corp on American soil? A law professor at Ohio State University tellsAssociated Press it isn’t likely to happen.