Pursuits
Redstone Can’t Avoid Suit Over Removal of Viacom Directors
- Delaware judge rejects Redstone’s request to dismiss lawsuit
- Trial over Viacom directors’ removal scheduled for October
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Billionaire Sumner Redstone can’t avoid a lawsuit challenging his removal of directors from the board of Viacom Inc. At least not yet, a judge ruled.
The decision by Delaware Chancery Court Judge Andre Bouchard allows the case by ousted Viacom director Fred Salerno to go forward with a trial scheduled for October, the same month two other courts will hear cases over recent decisions by the media mogul.