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Jury Finds Major E-Discovery Firm Guilty of Illegally Accessing and Destroying Woman’s Emails, Awards $50K in Damages

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FORT WORTH, Texas — A Fort Worth jury recently concluded that Consilio, the Washington, D.C.-based global leader in E-discovery, unlawfully accessed a woman’s computer without authorization, breaching Texas law. The jury found the firm guilty under Title 7, Chapter 33 of the Texas Penal Code, which classifies unauthorized computer access as a Class B Misdemeanor. In a consequential decision, the jury also determined that Consilio was negligent after they overreached an agreement to narrowly search a client’s emails, instead downloading and subsequently destroying ten years’ worth of emails. This action led to the jury awarding … Read more

Iowa Sues Firm for Illegally Dumping Wind Turbine Blades, Seeks Justice for Environmental Violations

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DES MOINES, Iowa — The state of Iowa has filed a lawsuit against Global Fiberglass Solutions, based in Washington state, and its top executives for the alleged improper disposal of numerous decommissioned wind-turbine blades. According to the state, the company broke Iowa’s solid-waste laws by dumping the large blades at various unauthorized sites across the state. The legal action, initiated in the Iowa District Court for Jasper County, targets not only Global Fiberglass Solutions but also its CEO Donald Lilly and Ronald Albrecht, one of the company’s corporate officers. Efforts to reach the defendants for … Read more

Honors Student Wins $692K in Damages After Landlord Illegally Disposes of His Belongings

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Columbia, SC – An honors student from Benedict College was awarded a substantial $692,000 in damages after a legal battle that highlighted tenant rights and landlord responsibilities under South Carolina’s Unfair Trade Practices Act. The verdict, reached after a four-day trial and three hours of jury deliberation, included punitive damages signaling a firm stance against negligent landlord practices. Ansel Postell, a recent magna cum laude graduate with a degree in cybersecurity, returned to his apartment in July 2022 to find all his belongings gone, disposed of by his landlord, Campus Advantage, operating as The Rowan. … Read more

Benedict College Student Awarded $692,000 After Landlord Illegally Disposes of Possessions

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — In a legal battle that underscored the rights of tenants, a jury awarded $692,000 to a Benedict College student after his landlord threw out his belongings. The landmark decision arrived this week after extensive testimonies and deliberations, spotlighting a distressing clash between tenant rights and property management. Andrew Smith, a senior at the historically Black college, returned from summer break to find his apartment cleared out: clothes, textbooks, and personal keepsakes discarded by his landlord, who claimed Smith had abandoned the property. Smith argued that he was merely away for the summer … Read more