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Monday, July 02, 2007

Bancrofts On Family Lawyers: "The Vote Really Resides With Them"

Wall Street Journal Matthew Karnitschnig July 2, 2007 12:43 AM
The Bancroft family may own a controlling stake in Dow Jones & Co., but the final decision on whether to sell the publisher of The Wall Street Journal to Rupert Murdoch could well be made by a small circle of longtime family lawyers in downtown Boston.
Lawyers from Hemenway & Barnes sit at the center of dozens of overlapping trusts that hold power over most of the Bancrofts' 64% voting stake in the company (see a breakdown). Those lawyers occupy two...

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