Hertz v Accenture

I just came across a very interesting story

Hertz is suing Accenture for not delivering. Hertz hired Accenture to enable Digital Transformation. Specifically, Accenture was to revamp Hertz's online presence. Alas, Accenture didn't deliver on the statement of work and it asked for more money in order to complete the project.

I don't remember the last time I remember a tech consultancy firm was sued for doing a bad job. I have heard about tech consultancies doing such a horrible job that all of their work had to thrown out. Actually getting sued is a first as far as I can remember.

Ohh. The actual amount. Hertz is suing Accenture for the 32 Million $ that was spent and additional fees Hertz had to spend to rectify Accenture's mistakes.

The actual lawsuit can be found here -  https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/04/23/hertz_accenture_lawsuit/ [PDF]
The Register's coverage of the story can be found here - https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/04/23/hertz_accenture_lawsuit/ and a twitter summary of the story can be found here - https://twitter.com/allafarce/status/1121174850226147328 .

I'm very interested to know how this will turn out and how much Accenture will have to fork out to Hertz for the botched job. (I am fairly certain that Accenture will lose and have to pay up.) I'm also interested in the precedent that this case will set. (Again, I'm not sure if there's already instances of Tech consultancy firms getting sued for work contracts).

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