Beryl v. Navient Corporation

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 San Francisco Division 11 LOUIS BERYL, Case No. 20-cv-05920-LB 12 Plaintiff, FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW 13 v. 14 NAVIENT CORPORATION, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 INTRODUCTION 18 Plaintiff Louis Beryl started an online student-lending company called Earnest, Inc. Defendant 19 Navient Corporation — which services and collects private and federal student loans through its 20 subsidiary Navient Solutions LLC — acquired Earnest, Inc. for approximately $155 million and 21 hired Mr. Beryl and his team to…