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(Reuters) - An Iranian-American businessman wants to sue U.S. law firm Dechert over allegations of hacking, seeking a London court’s approval to add it as a defendant in a long-simmering dispute with the Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA).
Signage is seen outside of the law firm Dechert LLP in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 30, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Aviation tycoon Farhad Azima alleges that a former partner at the Philadelphia-based law firm helped direct Indian hackers to steal his emails as his relationship with RAKIA soured over a pair of botched business deals.
Missouri-based Azima says RAKIA, a Dechert client, used the stolen emails to win a $4 million-plus fraud judgment against him in British court. The judge in that case said last year that Azima hadn’t proven his hacking allegations, but a UK appeals court ruled in March that Azima could retry his claims, citing new evidence linking the cyberespionage campaign to two Indian companies, BellTro