Ex-Wall Street Journal Reporter Drops Hacking Charges Against Dechert Law Firm

Jonathan “Jay” Solomon, a former Wall Street Journal reporter turned editor at Semafor, has dismissed all charges against global law firm Dechert and two of its former partners. Solomon had been entrenched in a 10-month battle in D.C. federal court, alleging that Dechert’s partners coordinated with Indian hackers to access emails between himself and a source, an event that resulted in his blacklisting within the journalism community. Read the original article.