U.K. Phone Hacking Lawyer Looking to Start Case in U.S.

Dowler family attorney partnering with American

News Corp.'s board of directors may soon find itself dealing with some unwanted legal troubles. The Guardian is reporting that Mark Lewis, the attorney who represented the family of Milly Dowler, the murdered girl whose phone was hacked by News of the World reporters, announced on Friday that he has recruited Norman Siegel, an attorney and former director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, to depose the News Corp. board of directors, including Rupert and James Murdoch.

This is the first step Lewis must take to initiate legal proceedings in the U.S.

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