Lawyers

• News Corp to pay $280 million fines to settle in-store promotions lawsuit

  News Corp will pay $280 million to settle the accusations brought by consumer packed goods companies. The companies said that the media group has a monopoly on in-store advertising in the U.S.

• U.S. charges three in huge cyberfraud targeting JPMorgan, others

  U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled criminal charges against three men accused of running a sprawling computer hacking and fraud scheme that included a huge attack against JPMorgan Chase & Co and generated hundreds of millions of dollars of illegal profit.

• Independent media battle on in Putin's Russia

  Alexei Venediktov, one of Russia's most prominent journalists, does not go out without a bodyguard and does not answer mobile phone calls for fear of being tracked.

• Google fires back at News Corp; defends search, piracy practices

  Google Inc hit back at News Corp on Thursday for calling it a platform for piracy and an "unaccountable bureaucracy," in a point-by-point rebuttal that stressed the Internet search company's commitment to fighting online crime.

• News Corp's Robert Thomson asks European regulators to reconsider Google settlement

  News Corp Chief Executive Robert Thomson has urged European regulators to reconsider their settlement with Google Inc over its search practices, calling the Internet company an "egregious" aggregator and a "platform of piracy."

• Coulson lawyer blames prosecutors for 'fair or open-minded' trial

  In his case summary today at a London court, attorney Timonthy Langdale for defendant Andy Coulson shifted the blame on the prosecution for not presenting real evidence to deem that the former editor was guilty of wrongdoing, Bloomberg reported.

• Brooks' lawyer points to media as the one to blame for unfair phone-hacking trial

  In his closing speech today at the trial of former tabloid editor Rebekah Brooks, attorney Jonathan Laidlaw accused the media of sabotaging his client's chances of obtaining a fair trial, Bloomberg reported.

• Married Coulson regrets publishing British politician's affair while cheating with ex-News Corp UK head

  On his sixth day of testimony, Bloomberg said former News of the World editor Andy Coulson expressed his regrets at publishing the affair of a British politician when he himself is involved in one with former head of the British unit of News Corp Rebekah Brooks.

• Coulson claims to have spoken with News Corp boss following first hacking arrest

  In his fifth day of testimony regarding criminal activities involving the British unit of News Corp, former News of the World editor Andy Coulson recalled a conversation he had with Rupert Murdoch following the arrest of a colleague over phone hacking charges.

• Coulson declines familiarity to special code for phone hacking

  In his second week of testimony today, former editor News of the World Andy Coulson rejected claims that he is familiar with the tabloid's "special checks", a word coined for phone hacking, Bloomberg reported.

• Coulson admits that he heard a voicemail about UK minister's 2004 affair

  Former editor of tabloid News of the World Andy Coulson testified in court today that the only single hacked message he had heard is the one detailing the affair involving UK Labour lawmaker David Blunkett, Bloomberg reported.

• Coulson downplays knowledge of phone hacking in News of the World trial testimony

  Andy Coulson, who was in charge of the tabloid News of the World the week when it ran a story on the messages of a murdered schoolgirl, told the court today that he does not have expert knowledge about phone hacking nor was aware that the messages were retrieved via the illegal and unethical method, Bloomberg said.

• Former News of the World editor reveals Princess Diana's revenge plans against Prince Charles

  Former News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman had told the court today that the late Princess Diana endorsed a royal phone book to him because she wanted to get back at her estranged husband, Prince Charles, BBC said.

• Brooks admits public official bribes had her consent

  Former editor of The Sun news tabloid Rebekah Brooks said she has given her approval on payments made to government officials to acquire stories for the newspaper, Bloomberg said in a report.

• Prosecutors say Blair stepped in the News Corp Hacking Scandal by offering advise to defendants

  According to an email reportedly coming from former British prime minister Tony Blair to former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks, the ex-government head suggested that an independent review about the phone-hacking allegations should be conducted.

• 3 celebrities, 29 more sue News Corp UK unit over phone hacking allegations

  At least 30 new complainants had requested to the civic court handling the phone hacking case of the UK unit of News Corp to participate in the civic trial set for June this year, Bloomberg said.