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SHIELDS v. MURDOCH

Nos. 11 Civ. 4917 (PGG), 11 Civ. 5073 (PGG), 11 Civ. 5556 (PGG).

891 F.Supp.2d 567 (2012)

Gregory L. SHIELDS, Derivatively on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. K. Rupert MURDOCH, James R. Murdoch, Lachlan K. Murdoch, Chase Carey, David F. Devoe, Joel Klein, Arthur M. Siskind, Sir Roderick I. Eddington, Andrew S.B. Knight, Thomas J. Perkins, Peter L. Barnes, José María Aznar, Natalie Bancroft, Kenneth E. Cowley, Viet Dinh, John L. Thornton, Defendants, and News Corporation, Nominal Defendant. G.E. Stricklin, Derivatively on Behalf of News Corporation, Plaintiff, v. K. Rupert Murdoch, et al., Defendants, and News Corporation, Nominal Defendant. Iron Workers Mid-South Pension Fund, Derivatively on Behalf of News Corporation, Plaintiff, v. Keith Rupert Murdoch, et al., Defendants, and News Corporation, Nominal Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

September 18, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Mary Gonsiorowski, Lionel Z. Glancy, Louis N. Boyarsky, Michael Goldberg, Glancy Binkow & Goldberg, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Gregory Bradley Linkh, Murray Frank LLP, Robin Bronzaft Howald, Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff.

Jay B. Kasner, Scott D. Musoff, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants.

Brian Jason Fischer, Eugenie C. Gavenchak, Marisa K. Perry, Jenner & Block, LLP, New York, NY, Julie A. Shepard, Richard L. Stone, Jenner & Block LLP, Kenneth David Klein, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Nominal Defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER

PAUL G. GARDEPHE, District Judge:

Gregory L. Shields, G.E. Stricklin, and Iron Workers Mid-South Pension Fund ("Iron Workers") have filed shareholder derivative actions against a group of News Corporation directors and officers (collectively, the "News Corp. Defendants") alleging, inter alia, violations of Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78n(a) ("Exchange Act"), breach of...

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