Lawyers

• Angus McBride now the general counsel for News UK after successfully defending Rebekah Brooks over phone-hacking suit

  Lawyer Angus McBride successfully defended Rebekah Brooks over a phone-hacking suit. He is now the general counsel for News UK.

• Brooks' lawyer points to media as the one to blame for unfair phone-hacking trial

  In his closing speech today at the trial of former tabloid editor Rebekah Brooks, attorney Jonathan Laidlaw accused the media of sabotaging his client's chances of obtaining a fair trial, Bloomberg reported.

• Married Coulson regrets publishing British politician's affair while cheating with ex-News Corp UK head

  On his sixth day of testimony, Bloomberg said former News of the World editor Andy Coulson expressed his regrets at publishing the affair of a British politician when he himself is involved in one with former head of the British unit of News Corp Rebekah Brooks.

• Coulson downplays knowledge of phone hacking in News of the World trial testimony

  Andy Coulson, who was in charge of the tabloid News of the World the week when it ran a story on the messages of a murdered schoolgirl, told the court today that he does not have expert knowledge about phone hacking nor was aware that the messages were retrieved via the illegal and unethical method, Bloomberg said.

• Embattled Brooks claims News Corp UK unit paid Mulcaire to remain silent over phone hacking case

  Former News of the Worldeditor and News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks denied in court that she consented to paying phone hacker Glenn Mulcaire to prevent him from disclosing information that might imply that several News Corp tabloids in the Uk were guilty of hacking.

• Brooks admits public official bribes had her consent

  Former editor of The Sun news tabloid Rebekah Brooks said she has given her approval on payments made to government officials to acquire stories for the newspaper, Bloomberg said in a report.

• Brooks claims ignorance about phone hacking at News of the World

  In the second day of her testimony regarding the phone hacking allegations at the now-closed News of the World tabloid, former editor and head Rebekah Brooks claimed she had no knowledge about payments made to a private detective to hack phones to gain front-page scoops for the newspaper, Bloomberg said.

• 'News of the World' editor Rebekah Brooks acquitted of a bribery charge

  Judge John Saunders said in a statement that a deciding factor for the acquittal of former News Corp editor Rebekah Brooks on one bribery charge was that there was uncertainty about the source of a photo of Prince William that the Sun tabloid newspaper had allegedly paid the shuttered publication.

• Prosecutors say Blair stepped in the News Corp Hacking Scandal by offering advise to defendants

  According to an email reportedly coming from former British prime minister Tony Blair to former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks, the ex-government head suggested that an independent review about the phone-hacking allegations should be conducted.

• Rebekah Brooks & Andy Coulson: Phone-hacking Trial Involving 'News of the World' Editors Begins In London (Video)

  The trial of Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, two former editors Ropert Murdoch's News of the World began on Monday with the selection of a jury involving Britain's phone hacking scandal, The Associated Press reported. Brooks and Coulson have been charged with phone hacking and illegal payments to officials