McKool Smith

$1.5B

AI Copyright Infringement

Los Angeles Principal Chad Hummel was quoted in a New York Times article titled, 'Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors.' The article discusses the settlement of a historic class action lawsuit filed against Anthropic by book authors over AI training.

$1.4B

Biometric Privacy Dispute

McKool Smith, along with Keller Postman and Attorney General Ken Paxton, secured a massive $1.4 Billion settlement on behalf of the State of Texas against Meta Platforms Inc. in a biometric privacy dispute.

$663.4M

Whistleblower

On June 9, 2015, Judge Rodney Gilstrap of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas entered a final judgment of $663,360,750 against Trinity Industries Inc. in a False Claims Act case.

$506.2M

Patent Infringement

McKool Smith, along with Irell & Manella LLP, secured a $506,200,000 patent infringement verdict on behalf of Optis Wireless Technology, LLC, Optis Cellular Technology, LLC, and PanOptis Patent Management LLC (collectively, 'PanOptis') against Apple Inc.

$445M

Patent Infringement

Irell & Manella and McKool Smith have secured a $445 Million patent infringement verdict on behalf of Netlist against Micron Technology Inc., with a jury finding Micron willfully infringed two of Netlist’s patents related to computer memory technology.

$391M

Patent Infringement

Attorneys from McKool Smith have secured a $391 million court judgment in favor of firm client Versata Software Inc., a pioneer in front-office enterprise software.