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Law firm Dechert says lawsuits accusing it of using hired hackers have been resolved
Raphael Satter
July 10, 2025
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Philadelphia-based law firm Dechert said on Thursday that a pair of U.S. lawsuits accusing it of using hired hackers to win in court have been resolved without any admission of liability.
Dechert and others, including U.S. public relations operatives and a private investigator, were sued in federal court in Manhattan in 2022 by aviation executive Farhad Azima, who accused them of organizing the hack and leak of his emails.
A related suit in North Carolina filed against another private investigator, Nicholas Del Rosso, made similar claims.
Dechert had already settled with Azima last year, but the proceedings against other parties, including Israeli private investigator Amit Forlit, lawyer Amir Handjani, and New York public relations firm Karv Communications, were still ongoing.
Legal filings show motions to dismiss the New York and North Carolina lawsuits with prejudice were made late on Wednesday.
In a statement, Azima said: “I am thrilled and feel vindicated by the outcome.”
Neither Dechert nor Azima nor the other parties answered questions about how precisely the suits had been resolved, whether there had been a fresh settlement, and, if so, what its terms were.
Dechert, Handjani, Karv, and Karv’s president, Andrew Frank, issued identical statements saying in part: “The defendants and Mr. Azima have now resolved all claims without admission of liability.”
Full Article: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/law-firm-dechert-says-lawsuits-accusing-it-using-hired-hackers-have-been-2025-07-10/
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