From a piece in The Daily Beast, co-written by Peter Jukes, a.k.a. Brit, and titled, 'Rupert Murdoch's Trouble Has Only Just Begun':
It can now be reported that the FBI has copies of at least 80,000 emails taken from the servers at News Corp in New York. These messages, including those sent up the chain of command by Brooks, were not part of the mass deletion that was ordered in London when it became clear that police officers were soon going to be searching for evidence of a vast criminal conspiracy.
A court in London found this week that Murdoch’s top-selling newspaper, the now shuttered News of the World, was systematically and illegally accessing the private phone messages of thousands of people, from royalty to murder victims. This is only the beginning.
On top of the FBI’s interest in the case in New York, Murdoch is set for questioning by the British police; Scotland Yard is investigating corporate charges against the company; and 12 further criminal trials against former staff at the Sun and the News of the World are scheduled to take place later this year. And after that, Jay Rockefeller, chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, says he is waiting to formally launch a congressional investigation into the company.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/...
We have known for some time that the US was going to wait until the Brooks/Coulson trials in the UK wrapped up before proceeding. And now the verdicts there are in.
It seems like Rebekah Brooks got off, but it turns out her troubles are not, in fact, over. She was just cautioned by Scotland Yard (as was Coulson) that corporate charges against News Corp. are in the works. From The Independent (UK):
Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson have both been cautioned by police investigating a possible corporate prosecution of Rupert Murdoch’s UK media empire for hacking and bribing offences, it can be disclosed today
http://www.independent.co.uk/...
This type of caution in the UK is akin to our Miranda warning - Rebekah, you have the right to remain silent.
Corporate charges against News Corp are Rupert Murdoch's biggest fear. His minions begged Scotland Yard not to bring them, claiming "it would not serve the public interest", and that thousands of jobs would be lost. Oh boohoo.
Rupert is apparently making plans to relocate Rebekah Brooks to Australia (seriously). He might have to wait on that.
Update 1:
From Lib Dem FoP in the comments, a much better description of a British Caution:
PACE Caution
The UK caution is set out in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act and is:
You do not have to say anything. But it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence.
This must be given before any "interview", which could be an informal discussion or a single question, for the statement to be admissible. It is also given by people other than police officers if they are conducting an investigation that could result in a criminal charge. Somebody apparently making a false claim for a state benefit for example would be cautioned even though the interviewer was a civil servant or worked for the local council. I used to be an auditor with a local authority and had to administer the old version a couple of times.
After any breaks, the interviewee has to be reminded that they are still "under caution". In the case of the interviews after the trial in connection with corporate charges, the police will likely then repeat the full wording. All interviews are recorded and at the start of each session the interviewee would confirm that they understand that they are under caution.