The phone hacking scandal in the United Kingdom is causing a stir in the media world but it is having an effect in the legal world too. News Corporation, the company headed by Rupert Murdoch has just hired Brendan V. Sullivan Jr. from Williams & Connolly to help face up to the crisis. This means that the company’s usual legal team, including Hogan Lovells, is being sidelined and the media-savvy Williams and Connelly will take over the main role in defending Murdoch and his colleagues from the mounting accusations against them.
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Law Surprise: News Corp.’s Hiring of Williams & Connolly