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Article: Regan to fire back at Rupe.(Judith Regan files lawsuit against News Corp. )
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- December 20, 2006
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In the matter of Judith Regan vs. News Corp., the legal fireworks are about to begin.
Regan will file a wrongful termination suit against her former employer, News Corp. unit HarperCollins, in a matter of days, said her attorney, Bert Fields.
Fields won't specify the damages she will seek, but the balance of compensation owed under Regan's contract would be a starting point.
"She's not going to take this lying down," Fields said.
Regan was ousted from her perch as topper of her own imprint,
ReganBooks, on Friday. Move was widely interpreted as a delayed reaction to the scandal surrounding her TV and book project with O.J. Simpson, "If I Did It" in which ...