NEW YORK (AP) - News Corp.'s nine independent directors have hired corporate law firm Debevoise & Plimpton LLP to advise them on how to oversee the internal committee set up to investigate phone hacking and police bribery allegations at the company's U.K. newspapers, the law firm said Tuesday.
The hiring of the firm came over the weekend, ahead of a grilling by British lawmakers Tuesday of CEO Rupert Murdoch, his son, Deputy Chief Operating Officer James Murdoch, and Rebekah Brooks, the former editor of the now-closed tabloid at the heart of the crisis, News of the World.