The Murdochs have kept their internal legal squabble over patriarch Rupert's betrayal of three of his eldest children secret, but a motion could pry open the case.
The Murdochs have kept their internal legal squabble over patriarch Rupert's betrayal of three of his eldest children secret, but a motion could pry open the case., the Murdoch clan is battling to keep its succession feud in ironclad legal secrecy. So secret, in fact, that their legal squabbles don’t even appear on a public court schedule.
Rupert is said to believe conservative Kool-Aid drinker Lachlan, unlike his more moderate siblings, is uniquely equipped to run the family media empire because he will maintain its unabashed conservative worldview. Last September, he was appointed chairman of News Corporation and Fox Corporation, the parent company of Fox News, after his father stepped down. While Lachlan’s Foxreviewed showed Rupert is arguing that handing control to anyone else would threaten the brands and their commercial value, thus making the crowning of Lachlan the most sage business decision.
A trial to determine whether Murdoch is acting in good faith is expected to start sometime this month, according to thebut even the most basic details of the family’s legal fisticuffs have been kept under seal in Nevada., Reuters, and CNN in filing a motion in the state’s Second Judicial District Court to pry open the proceedings.
“Nevada’s courts are accountable to the public, and the public is entitled to know whether the trust at issue is being administered in accordance with the law,” the motion reads.
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