Rumours say Gerson Zweifach will be appointed next GC at News Corp

Rumour has it that Gerson Zweifach, a partner at Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C., is set to become the next general counsel at media giant News Corporation. According to News Corp, the company’s former general counsel, Lawrence "Lon" Jacobs, gave up the role in June to "pursue new opportunities”. The word around town is that there is no formal agreement in place as yet, but that a hiring announcement could be made shortly after the start of the new year. Whoever takes over the role will certainly have their work cut out for them, as they oversee all legal work for the media empire and deal with the ongoing investigation into allegations of phone-hacking at the company's defunct London tabloid The News of the World.

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