More Student Loan Bankruptcy Discharge News

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  Class-Action Case to Discharge Navient Private Student Loans Takes a Big Step Forward

  Back in October of 2017, I published a post about a nationwide class-action suit...

  • Posted March 29, 2018
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  Some in Congress Are Trying to Protect Student Loan Debtors and Allow Loans to be More Easily Discharged in Bankruptcy

  Democratic Senator Dick Durbin and Sens. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Patty Murray...

  • Posted March 9, 2018
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  Department of Education Seeks Input Regarding Student Loan Bankruptcy Discharge

  It sure feels ironic that the Department of Education is seeking feedback and input...

  • Posted February 20, 2018
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  Attorney General Proves Student Loan Debt Can Be Wiped Out in Bankruptcy

  Maura Healey, Massachusetts Attorney General, announced last month that her office is partnering with...

  • Posted February 5, 2018
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  Mass AG and Bar Association Lead Way to Help Student Loan Debtors File Bankruptcy

  This recent release from the Massachusetts Attorney General office caught my eye. Wow! What...

  • Posted January 29, 2018
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  My Private Student Loans Can Be Discharged in Bankruptcy, Right?

  Question: Dear Steve, I took out a Sallie Mae student loan for my son...

  • Posted January 4, 2018
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  Why Does the Trump Department of Education Hate Student Loan Debtors This Much?

  In July of 2015 the Department of Education reached a published decision on how...

  • Posted December 14, 2017
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  HR 2366 to Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy Has Nearly Zero Chance of Passing

  HR 2366 was a bill introduced in the House of Representatives in May of...

  • Posted November 30, 2017
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  Wells Fargo Facing Penalties Over Ignoring Student Loan Included in Bankruptcy

  One of our very own student loan attorneys, Austin Smith, recently scored an important...

  • Posted November 27, 2017
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  Why Don’t More Student Loan Borrowers File Bankruptcy?

  Matt Taibbi wrote a terrific article for Rolling Stone about the student loan crisis....

  • Posted November 14, 2017
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  Outside the Box Bankruptcy Solutions for Student Loans Really Exist

  While most of our work to reduce and eliminate student loan debt is being...

  • Posted October 18, 2017
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  Heaps of Navient Private Student Loans May Be Voided and Refunded in Nationwide Class Action Suit

  In a suit filed in 2016 by Evan Haas and Michael Shabazi against Navient...

  • Posted October 10, 2017
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  Federal Student Loan Bankruptcy Discharge Upheld on Appeal

  In a previous essay, I wrote about Alan and Catherine Murray, a married couple...

  • Posted October 10, 2017
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  Fear Not the Difficulty of Discharging Student Loans in Bankruptcy

  True Because perception is often reality, and the perception is that discharging student loans...

  • Posted September 27, 2017
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  Bankruptcy Court Appeal Rules in Favor of Discharging Some Federal Student Loan Debt

  Back at the end of 2016 a Kansas bankruptcy judge ruled on this bankruptcy...

  • Posted September 26, 2017
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