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1. $6 billion – Sweet, et al. v. Cardona Student Debt Cancellation Settlement,
Case No. 19-CV-03674 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 16, 2022) (final settlement approval
granted for a class action settlement resolving allegations the U.S. Department of
Education failed to address hundreds thousands of applications to a program that
cancels student loan debts for borrowers whose colleges misled them).
2. $1.85 billion – Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania v. Navient Corp., Case No.
17-CV-1814 (M.D. Penn. Jan. 13, 2022) (consent judgement ordered for a class
action settlement resolving allegations of widespread unfair and deceptive
student loan servicing practices and abuses in originating predatory student
loans).
3. $328 million – Kalima, et al. v State Of Hawai’i, Case No. 99-4771-12, (Haw.
Cir. Ct. June 9, 2022) (preliminary settlement approval granted for a class action
settlement resolving allegations that the closure the Hawaiian Claims Office,
which reviewed alleged breaches of trust regarding the Hawaiian Home Lands
Trust, led residents to wait decades with no work on when they would be eligible
to receive land from the trust).
4. $125 million – National Veterans Legal Services Program, et al. v. United
States, Case No. 16-CV-745 (D.D.C. Oct. 11, 2022) (settlement reached
refunding users of the electronic records system known as PACER to resolve a
class action lawsuit alleging the judiciary overcharged members of the public who
downloaded court documents).
5. $108 million – Wood, et al. v. FCA US LLC, Case No. 20-CV-11054 (E.D.
Mich. Dec. 1, 2022) (final settlement approval granted for nine consolidated
class action alleging that the defendant manufactured and sold certain Chrysler,
Dodge, Jeep, Ram and Fiat vehicles with a 2.4L Tigershark engine with a defect
that caused the vehicles to consume excessive amounts of engine oil).
6. $56 million – Nichols, et al. v. Noom Inc., Case No. 20-CV-3677 (S.D.N.Y.
July 11, 2022) (final settlement approval granted in a class action alleging that
the company violated consumer protection laws by not clearly disclosing the
auto-renewal terms of consumers’ online subscriptions).
7. $50 million – In Re MacBook Keyboard Litigation, Case No. 18-CV-2813
(N.D. Cal. Dec. 2, 2022) (preliminary settlement approval granted in a class
action alleging that allegations that the company knowingly sold laptops with
defective keyboards).
8. $41 million – Perks, et al. v. TD Bank, N.A., Case No. 18-CV-11176 (S.D.N.Y.
May 3, 2022) (final settlement approval granted in a class action alleging that
defendant improperly charged improper funds fees).
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