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New Mexico's outside lawyers could collect up to $1.27 billion in Meta case: Reuters
A Reuters review says DiCello Levitt’s contract could yield 5% on amounts above $250 million if the $25 billion award survives appeal.
- On Wednesday, a judge ordered Meta Platforms to pay $25 billion in a consumer privacy lawsuit, potentially triggering a $1.27 billion contingency fee for Chicago-based law firm DiCello Levitt under its New Mexico contract.
- New Mexico filed the consumer-privacy suit in 2021 after Cambridge Analytica obtained data from 87 million Facebook users without consent, later hiring DiCello in 2025 under a sliding contingency-fee schedule ranging from 20% to 5%.
- Albuquerque lawyer Randi McGinn, a subcontractor, is entitled to collect about 33% of DiCello's fees; in 2024, Texas firms billed $142.6 million in a comparable Meta privacy case that settled for $1.4 billion.
- Meta denied wrongdoing and confirmed it will appeal the judgment, meaning the $1.27 billion payout remains uncertain as the legal process could take several years to resolve, McGinn cautioned.
- Fordham University law professor Howard Erichson expects courts to examine the contract carefully, noting that contingency fee awards exceeding $1 billion are "exceedingly rare" and the sheer recovery size could trigger intense judicial scrutiny.
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·Santa Fe, United States
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EXCLUSIVE: New Mexico's outside lawyers could collect up to $1.27 billion in Meta case
Private plaintiffs' lawyers stand to collect up to $1.27 billion from New Mexico if the state's $25 billion court win against Meta Platforms this week is upheld, according to a Reuters review of a contract with the state.
·London, United Kingdom
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Private lawyers can receive up to $1.27 billion if the sentence of US$25 is maintained ...
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