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Law School Debtor Loses Bankruptcy Decision to Discharge His Debt, But Lessons Learned

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh District just ruled that a student loan debtor could not discharge his loans in his consumer bankruptcy case. Lately I’ve been writing about bankruptcy cases where consumers have been able to discharge substantial amounts of student loan debt. You can see the articles here. Before I …

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Teacher Discharges Loads of Student Loans in Bankruptcy. ECMC Fights Back.

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Today I’m looking at another bankruptcy discharge case, see more here, where a bankruptcy judge felt it was appropriate to allow for a legal discharge of student loan debt. In this case the consumer represented herself in the action and has fought a valiant battle. Even though President Obama and the Department of Education have …

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ECMC Called Liar by Senator Durbin – Critical of For-Profit Colleges

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U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today said that Congress can’t continue to look the other way when it comes to abuses by the for-profit colleges that – in some cases – take in more than 90% of their revenue from the federal government yet account for these startling lopsided statistics. He states the for-profit colleges …

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I’m Having Problems With My VA Student Loan Benefits, ECMC, and my GI Bill. – Harrison

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“Dear Steve, I have a 30 year old school loan I have been fighting for almost that entire time. I enrolled in a trade school and produced my DD214 and expected all those fees would come from the 5 years I served in the military under the G.I. Bill. I come to find out years …

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As an Employer Do I Really Have to Garnish My Employees Wages for a Student Loan Debt? – Mike

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“Dear Steve, Just received an Order of Withholding From Earnings for one of our employees, from ECMC in regards to student loans the employee apparently defaulted on. There is reference to Federal Law and threat to the Employer if we don’t granigh 15% of the employee’s wages. I’m not familiar with this Company and their …

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