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Lawyers at McKool Smith and Keller Postman helped the Office of the Attorney General of Texas secure a $1.4 billion settlement with Meta Platforms Inc. on claims brought under the state's biometric privacy law.
August 02, 2024 at 07:25 AM
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First up this week are lawyers at McKool Smith and Keller Postman, who helped the Office of the Attorney General of Texas secure a $1.4 billion settlement with Meta Platforms Inc. on claims brought under the state's Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act of 2009. The biometric privacy law carries penalties of up to $25,000 per violation for companies that take the biometric identifiers of Texans for a commercial purpose without their informed consent. The state claimed Facebook's abandoned "tag suggestions" feature captured the facial geometry of users and non-users alike. The company previously agreed to pay $650 million in 2020 to settle a class action brought under a similar Illinois biometric privacy law targeting the feature. Zina Bash of Keller Postman and Sam Baxter and Jennifer Truelove of McKool Smith served as lead counsel. The McKool Smith team also included principals John Briody, Kevin Burgess, Charles Fowler, Rick Halper, Eric Hansen, Lew LeClair, Radu Lelutiu and Robert Manley and associates Asena Baran, Caroline Burks, Michael Catapano, Joseph Micheli, Taylor Perez, Carra Rentie and Lauren Simenauer. The Keller Postman team included Nick Larry, Jessica Beringer, Ashley Keller, J.J. Snidow, Alex Dravillas, Kiran Bhat, Zach Clark, Rosie Romano, Branden Weber, Andray Napolez and Randall Newman, as well as legal support staff led by Marla Bernal.
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