courts/lawsuits

The collapse of e-scrap company Creative Recycling Systems is still being felt in South Carolina, where nearly a dozen solid waste agencies are being sued by Creative's former landlord.

Although CRT glass isn't specifically mentioned in the latest lawsuit, E-Scrap News previously

A used electronics trading company was raided and shut down after officials filed a lawsuit accusing it of running a "bait and switch" scheme on consumers.

Laptop and Desktop Repair, LLC, out of Sparks, Nev., ran several phone and laptop buy-back websites, including cashforiphones.com, c

A recent bankruptcy petition and lawsuit from investors highlight the continuing troubles facing closed e-scrap company Diversified Recycling.

In addition, E-Scrap News has learned Diversified, which was based in the southeast U.S., has roughly 500,000 pounds of CRT devices still on hand.

An integrated e-scrap recycling and metals refining company has paid more than $2 million for the facility and equipment of bankrupt e-scrap company Zloop.

A southeast U.S. e-scrap company that recently filed for bankruptcy says it is out of cash and has CRT devices on hand, although the exact volume of material is unclear.

A lawsuit from TV manufacturer Vizio that questioned the constitutionality of Connecticut's electronics recycling law and program has been dismissed in its entirety.

Telecommunications giant Comcast has agreed to pay the state of California a hefty sum for illegally disposing of e-scrap and other devices over the past decade and for failing to protect customer information. The cable TV and Internet provider reached a $25.95 million settlement with the California Attorney General and Alameda County District Attorney.

A North Carolina company that once hoped to establish e-scrap recycling across the U.S.

An electronics recycling firm has been sued by Microsoft for allowing more than 70,000 Microsoft Office key cards to be re-sold on the black market.

In a lawsuit filed earlier this month in a Seattle district court, Microsoft accuses Global Electronic Recycling (GER), a Phoenix processor, of breaching the terms of a 2009 contract that explicitly called for the valuable activation cards to be destroyed.

The chairman and principal investor of 3S International says the processing company's future is bright, despite a recent filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

In an interview with E-Scrap News, W. Sidney Smith was frank about the company's early struggles. But he held firm that 3S would find a way to profitability utilizing its three automated processing machines for mercury-containing flat-panel display (FPD) TVs and monitors.