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.

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 ...

Rupert Murdoch with his sons Lachlan Murdoch ... six of the children have an equal share of the trust’s equity.) A Nevada probate commissioner found in June that there is nothing stopping ...

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, struggling to ensure the conservative ... he referred them to his lawyers for further discussion. Given the Nevada court’s decision, the Murdoch assets return to a holding pattern ...

The two youngest children — daughters from Rupert Murdoch’s third marriage — share equally in the financial bounty, but have been promised no control. Sponsor Message The stakes and arc of ...

Rupert Murdoch's attorneys are in court in Nevada seeking to change the terms of his irrevocable trust to give full control of the family's media empire to his elder son Lachlan. A fierce and ...

“Nevada made itself competitive in the trust ... be given access to the hearings over safety concerns, noting that Rupert Murdoch “requires around-the-clock security.” ...

A recent Nevada court ruling has blocked Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to alter his family trust in a way that would have given his son Lachlan permanent control over the family’s vast media empire[8].

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.