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10. $3.1 billion – In Re National Prescription Opiate Litigation, Case No. 17-MD02804 (N.D. Ohio Nov. 15, 2022) (settlement agreement reached with retail
store Wal-Mart to resolve all opioid lawsuits and potential lawsuits by state, local,
and tribal governments).
11. $2.67 billion – In Re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation MDL, Case
No. 13-CV-20000 (N.D. Ala. Aug. 9, 2022) (preliminary settlement approval
granted in an antitrust class action resolving claims that the health insurance
companies violated the Sherman Act by entering into an unlawful agreement to
restrain competition between them in the markets of selling health insurance).
12. $2.37 billion – In Re National Prescription Opiate Litigation, Case No. 17MD-02804 (N.D. Ohio Nov. 22, 2022) (settlement agreement reached with
Abbvie Inc. to resolve thousands of lawsuits by U.S. state and local governments
over the marketing of opioid painkillers).
13. $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).
14. $1.7 billion – In Re National Prescription Opiate Litigation, Case No. 17-MD02804 (N.D. Ohio Nov. 22, 2022) (settlement agreement reached with
Mallinckrodt to resolve thousands of lawsuits by U.S. state and local
governments over the marketing of opioid painkillers).
15. $1 billion – In Re Dell Technologies Inc. Class V Stockholders Litigation,
Case No. 2018-0816 (Del. Chan. Ct. Nov. 16, 2022) (settlement reached in a
class action alleging claims that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties to
the former holders of Dell Class V tracking stock).
16. $997 billion – In Re Champlain Towers South Collapse Litigation, Case No:
2021-015089-CA-01 (Fla. Cir. Ct. June 23, 2022) (final settlement approval
granted for a class action settlement resolving claims related to the collapse of
the tower).
17. $809.5 million – In Re Twitter Inc. Securities Litigation, Case No. 16-CV-531
(N.D. Cal. Nov. 17, 2022) (final settlement approval granted in a class action
alleging claims that Twitter artificially inflated its stock price by misleading
investors about user engagement).
18. $550 million – City Of Long Beach v. Monsanto Co., Case No. 16-CV-03493
(C.D. Cal. Oct. 13, 2022) (final settlement approval granted in a class action
alleging claims that the company contributed to waterway contamination with
polychlorinated biphenyls).
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