UK phone hacking lawyer brings News Corp case to US

The News of the World phone hacking scandal moved closer to the United States after British lawyer Mark Lewis teamed up with two New York lawyers to pursue claims that four of his clients had been hacked by Rupert Murdoch's now-defunct tabloid on US soil.

One client is a U.S. citizen, and other potential victims of the "dark arts" of Murdoch's UK newspapers have contacted him, Lewis said. Lewis and his co-counselors said they are seeking evidence to file a U.S. lawsuit, claiming that his clients were hacked in the United States from 2001 to 2006. Lewis declined to identify the clients, citing privacy issues. Lewis said he has not had any contact with the Federal Bureau of Investigation on the matter.