November 25, 2024
Fox Corp. “demonstrated willingness to republish demonstrably false material” promoting bogus 2020 election conspiracies to bolster its market share, a class attorney said during dismissal arguments Friday in a Delaware Court of Chancery suit seeking billions of dollars in damages.
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The derivative suit named Fox’s chairman, Rupert Murdoch, and his son Lachlan as well as Fox News’ CEO, and Fox’s top legal officer and four directors. Among the allegations were claims that Fox’s multiple politically clouded damage payouts in recent years resulted from an utter failure of oversight and knowing breaches of duty, factors required to overcome Delaware charter protections for company directors.
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The plaintiffs are represented by Joel Friedlander, Jeffrey M. Gorris and Christopher M. Foulds of Friedlander & Gorris PA, Ellen Rosenblum and Brian A. de Haan of the Oregon Attorney General’s Office, Julie Goldsmith Reiser, Molly J. Bowen and Brendan Schneiderman of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC and Katherine Lubin Benson of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP.
Read Fox Corp., Class Battle Over Multibillion Del. Defamation Suit.