CONFIRMED-Murdoch Corporate Cover-Up & Repeated Hacking ON US SOIL! [View all]

[kpete]

12.36pm: Here is a lunchtime summary of today's developments so far:

• News International has paid out £645,000 in damages to 15 victims of phone hacking – and "substantial" damages in three separate cases – plus legal costs.

• Jude Law has been awarded £130,000 in damages as it emerged the actor was targeted on US soil.

• The former deputy prime minister, John Prescott, has received £40,000 in damages.

MORE: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jan/19/phone-hacking-news-international-settles

Jude Law statement read out: phone hacked repeatedly - including on US soil at JFK airport #phonehacking

gordonrayner Gordon Rayner
QC accuses NGN of "deliberately destroying" PCs of 8 journalists accused in phone #hacking row
1 hour ago

https://twitter.com/gordonrayner

...settlement orders contain a specific provision that new claims can be brought in certain circumstances where further wrongdoing emerges in the future. This was important because attempts are being made to reconstruct email archives which had been destroyed by News Group in an apparent attempt to cover up wrongdoing.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jan/19/phone-hacking-news-international-settles?newsfeed=true