Fox Investor Cases Over Election Lies Consolidated in Delaware

Court cases blaming Rupert Murdoch and other Fox Corp. senior leaders for the consequences of lies Fox News broadcast about the 2020 election—including potentially billions in liability—were consolidated in Delaware on Wednesday.

Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster combined two lawsuits filed by investors in April, days before and after the conservative news network announced a $787.5 million defamation settlement with Dominion Voting Systems Inc. The last-minute accord—believed to be the largest ever in a defamation case—averted a blockbuster trial.

The shareholder suits in Delaware’s Chancery Court assail Fox’s leaders for doing nothing to stop its hosts from airing false conspiracy ...