D.S.C. · No. 2:26-cv-04521
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| Matter | Type | Practice area | Court | Date | Value |
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| Able Landscape Associates, Inc.source ↗ filed by Whitsitt Law Firm · Judge Richard Mark Gergel · No. 2:26-cv-04521 · 42:2000 Job Discrimination (Race) · view case timeline → Comparable settlements $59.50M–$725M ▾Comparable privacy rulings are split: Doe v. Bayhealth and Gunnar Optiks survived dismissal on confidentiality/consent theories, while Tower Health and Nuance were dismissed on statutory/standing grounds. Able Landscape is a small SC business, a poor factual match to the tech-giant comparables driving the settlement data. Comparable settlements $59.50M–$725M median $81.50M · n=10 Meta $725M · Google $425M · Google $135M Per member (realized): ~$29 median · $29–$29 (n=2) Comparable verdict: Google LLC $425.70M · Google LLC $425.65M Key precedent: Doe v. Bayhealth Medical Ctr. — survived because defendant owed a duty of confidentiality; most analogous if plaintiffs allege unauthorized interception/disclosure of communications. Main risk: Dismissal for lack of concrete injury or statutory exemption, as in Tower Health and Nuance, especially given Able's limited data infrastructure and likely narrow interception scope. Rough EV model (wide — class size is the big unknown, not a prediction): $1K–$1M Defendant scale is wildly mismatched to comparable mega-settlements; no prior litigation history exists for this defendant, so figures are highly speculative. · grounded in 9 rulings, 10 settlements, 4 verdicts | Filing | Privacy & Wiretap | D.S.C. | 2026-10-08 | $59.50M–$725M comparable settlements |