Fox Promotes Taylor to General Counsel

Jeff Taylor, who has been serving as executive vice president and chief litigation counsel at Fox Corp since 2019, has been promoted to general counsel. He will report to Chief Legal and Policy Officer Viet Dinh. Before Taylor joined Fox, he was deputy general counsel for General Motors and general counsel of Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems. He also served as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia for three years. Fox is stepping up its sports betting business. It has its own Fox Bet platform, and a stake in the betting firm FanDuel. In 2018 the Supreme Court enabled states to begin legalizing sports wagering, which more than a dozen now do, and many media and tech firms are feeling out the sector. Nicholas Trutanich, former U.S. Attorney for Nevada, will join Fox as EVP and chief ethics and compliance officer. He will oversee compliance training and investigations, and be Fox’s point of contact with law enforcement and regulatory agencies.