Update: Rupert Murdoch has suffered a rare defeat with a Nevada court official denying the 93-year-old media mogul’s wish to alter his family trust in favor of his eldest son Lachlan.

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A Northern Nevada judge has ruled against media titan Rupert Murdoch in his secretive legal battle to consolidate power against three of his children over the conservative-leaning family empire ...

Rupert Murdoch cannot amend his family trust to put the power of his media companies in the hands of his chosen successor, a Nevada commissioner has ruled. The probate commissioner, who heard ...

For family advisers, the Murdoch family saga is a reminder of the crucial role of robust legal and governance structures, as ...

Rupert Murdoch wanted to give his eldest son, Lachlan, control of his media empire amid worries his other children may try to “reorient” the editorial policy of some of his holdings, including Fox ...

A Nevada commissioner has blocked Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to shake up his family trust in favor of his son, Lachlan. What led the commissioner to block the move and rule that the Fox head acted in ...

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A Nevada probate commissioner blows up his attempt to ditch the family trust. Now the test is how the Murdoch children will steer a sprawling empire when the patriarch is gone.

A commissioner ruled that the alleged power grab was an act of "bad faith." The conservative leanings of Rupert Murdoch's newspaper and television empire could be in jeopardy after a Nevada ...