Keller Postman, McKool Smith Bill Texas $136 Million in Meta Win

Keller Postman and McKool Smith say Texas owes them a combined $136 million in contingency fees for helping the state obtain a record $1.4 billion settlement from Meta for abusing Texans’ facial recognition data.

Keller Postman is billing the state $93.36 million in fees plus $3.29 million in reimbursable expenses for some 28,000 billable hours spent on the case, according to information obtained by Bloomberg Law under the state’s public records law. McKool Smith worked half the amount of hours as Keller Postman, with partners recording the bulk of it. Overall, the firm say it’s owed $42.6 million in fees, ...