Viet Dinh, Fox's top legal officer and architect of Dominion Voting case defense, gets new role

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Fox Corp.'s Viet Dinh, leader of its defense in the Dominion Voting Systems case, will leave the position of chief legal officer but remain with the company.

Fox Corp.’s chief legal and policy officer Viet Dinh, the leader of the media giant’s effort to defend itself in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation case, will leave that position and become a special adviser to the company effective Dec. 31, the company said Friday.

The Dominion case, in which the vote-counting company accused Fox News of airing false claims that its technology helped rig the 2020 presidential election in favor of Joe Biden, resulted in a record $787.5 million settlement paid by Fox. The media company argued it was covering newsworthy election-fraud claims.Dinh assumed the role of Fox’s FOXA FOX chief legal and policy officer in 2018, leading its legal, compliance and regulatory matters, as well as overseeing lobbying efforts.

 

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