2009–2011 News of the World phone hacking scandal investigations the next several years. The case had been expected to reveal the details of previous settlements the paper had made, including the £1 million spent in 2009, settling with three phone hacking victims, and the unfair dismissal claim won by Clive Goodman. Clifford had won court rulings in February earlier that year that meant that the "News of the World" would have had to disclose previously secret information regarding which journalists were involved in hacking voicemail messages. A judge ruled that Glenn Mulcaire had to disclose the names of all the journalists who targeted Clifford and also those who received
News media phone hacking scandal of discrediting individuals opposing the company. The solicitor involved continued to characterise this surveillance as "unusual" but "justified" and "would do it again tomorrow", even after News International acknowledged that it was "deeply inappropriate". Links to timelines related to the news media phone hacking scandal are included with the phone hacking scandal reference lists. As it became apparent that the wrongdoing was more widespread than initially perceived, the scope of Wikipedia articles relating to the phone hacking scandal expanded from coverage of "News of the World" to News International to News Corporation and finally to all news media organisations involved