I remember when Verizon had their big payout after a class action suit...
it turned out to be a "free" set of cheap ear phones....
the lawyers?...millions in fees...
Years ago there was a class action suit against United Airlines for some kind of ticket pricing problem and I had been using United a bit for business travel. I did not know about the suit but received an envelope with ten $10 discount ticket coupons in the mail.
The stupid coupons could only be used one at a time and only for full-fare tickets, which almost nobody ever paid. I found out the lawyers received millions of dollars while the actual class received the worthless coupons.