Wake Up Call: Big Law Takes Sides in Rupert Murdoch Family Fight

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• Cravath’s Gary Bornstein is representing three of Rupert Murdoch’s children in a “secret legal battle” in a fight with the media mogul over control of the family empire. Murdoch, who has made his oldest son Lachlan the chosen successor, is represented by Sheppard Mullin’s Adam Streisand. (The New York Times)
• Lawyers for Hunter Biden were threatened with sanctions by a federal judge who says they made false statements in a court filing. The attorneys, including California litigator ...