U.S. District Court for Northern California

Sweet v. Cardona Settlement Approves $6 Billion in Automatic Debt Cancellation for 200,000 Students Defrauded by For-Profit Colleges, Ending Years of Trump-Era Delays

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On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Department of Education under Secretary Miguel Cardona reached a landmark settlement in the class action lawsuit Sweet v. Cardona (originally filed as Sweet v. DeVos), agreeing to automatically cancel approximately $6 billion in federal student loans for roughly 200,000 …

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