Murdochs To Be Deposed In Dominion’s $1.6B Lawsuit

The New York Times reports:

Dominion’s $1.6 billion case against Fox has been steadily progressing in Delaware state court this summer, inching ever closer to trial. There have been no moves from either side toward a settlement, according to interviews with several people involved in the case. The two companies are deep into document discovery, combing through years of each other’s emails and text messages, and taking depositions.

These people said they expected Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, who own and control the Fox Corporation, to sit for depositions as soon as this month. The case threatens a huge financial and reputational blow to Fox. But legal scholars say it also has the potential to deliver a powerful verdict on the kind of pervasive and pernicious falsehoods — and the people who spread them — that are undermining the country’s faith in democracy.

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A lawsuit against the Fox Corporation over election falsehoods threatens a huge financial blow to the company, and could be one of the most consequential First Amendment cases in a generation. The case has caused palpable unease at the Fox News Channel. https://t.co/Eq6r4DeqiL

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