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Private Student Loan Debt at All-Time High – Until Tomorrow

According to a recent report by the Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS), the 2020 class of college graduates has amassed $136 billion in private student debt. When this amount is added to the total student debt from federal student loans–about $1.8 trillion, Americans are on the hook for almost $2 trillion in student …

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Attorney Takes Exception With Student Loan Lender Article

On August 4, 2021, SoFi published an article called “Is There a Statute of Limitations on Debt?” (https://www.sofi.com/learn/content/statute-of-limitations-on-debt/). Most would agree that the simple answer is yes because they assume the author is actually referring to lawsuits on debt, not the debt itself. For example, as correctly pointed out in the article, the expiration of …

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Law Professors Propose Regulations to Help Protect Private Student Loan Borrowers

Prentiss Cox, Judith Fox, and Stacey Tutt are professors of law at various law schools. They’ve taken a look at our very broken private student loan system in America and presented some needed changes to help provide relief for consumers. Their published paper begins with: “Private student loan borrowers arguably have the fewest protections of …

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I Tried to do the Right Thing With My Private Loans and Was Sued Instead

Question: Dear Steve, I went to a for-profit school, over 10 years ago and in the process took out private loans. Since then, I have been contacted by a debt collector who I wasn’t aware I did not have to pay (the debt was over 10 years old and was beyond the statute of limitations). …

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I’m Being Sued on Private Student Loans But We Are Poor With Special Needs Daughters

Couple math adding serious

Question: Dear Steve, Being sued for private student loans. Paid on them for 11 years balance never went down. Say I owe 4 loans totaling $8937.49. Family of four only makes $31,325 a year and has 2 special needs daughters. My husband is our primary income. I work as an independent contractor for DoorDash and …

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More Private Sallie Mae – Navient Student Loans Discharged in Bankruptcy for Bar Review Courses

Crocker v. Navient Solutions, a recent Fifth Circuit decision, is a small win for student-loan debtors. Essentially, the Fifth Circuit ruled that a private student loan obtained to pay for a bar review course is dischargeable in bankruptcy. (The opinion also includes extensive analysis and ruling on a jurisdictional issue, which will not be discussed …

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My Sister Passed Away and Was My Private Student Loan Cosigner

Question: Dear Steve, Hi I’m 37 years old and have over 100,000 dollars in private student loans that my sister co-signed with me on she passed away a long time ago and I have noticed that after defaulting on the student loans for over ten years the loans do not show up on my credit …

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