News Group faces 50 more hacking lawsuits

News Group faces 50 lawsuits in a second wave of civil litigation from phone-hacking victims and another 20 claims are due to be issued shortly, the UK High Court was told. There have been 286 requests by potential victims to the Metropolitan Police for information from the notebooks of Glenn Mulcaire – a private investigator who worked for the News of the World, a now defunct Sunday tabloid – the court heard, while 64 individuals are taking action through a compensation scheme set up by News Corp, the group’s parent company.