News Corp's independent directors hire top lawyers

News Corp's independent directors have hired a top New York white-collar defense attorney and a former U.S. attorney general as Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate seeks to contain fast-developing scandals rooted in its UK newspaper business

Mary Jo White and former Attorney General Michael Mukasey have been brought aboard to advise independent director Viet Dinh, New York law firm Debevoise &