A Fort Worth jury found the world’s largest E-Discovery firm, Consilio, guilty of violating Texas criminal law by illegally accessing a woman’s computer.
“Initially founded in 2000 as First Advantage Litigation Consulting, Consilio was initially focused on providing Forensics Consulting Services to multinational corporate clients who were beginning to struggle with the Big Data challenges of electronically stored information (ESI),” the company’s website reads.
Consilio was found guilty of violating Title 7, Chapter 33 of the Texas Penal Code, which states that accessing a computer without the owner’s permission is a Class B Misdemeanor, reported WFAA.
The jury also found Consilio guilty of downloading and destroying decades of emails and awarded Angelyn Olson of Maine $50,000 in damages.
“I want to thank this court and this jury, because today, they truly have provided justice for Mrs. Olson,” says Dallas attorney Rob Miller of Miller Copeland, who co-represented Olson, reported WFAA.
Miller also argued that what happened to Olson is concerning.
“If Consilio can do this to her, it can do it to any one of us, exposing everything we’ve ever looked at on the internet, every photograph we’ve taken or received. It’s scary. And I’m glad this jury said what Consilio did is wrong,” said Miller, per WFAA.
The case was heard in the 17th Judicial Tarrant County District Court.