2009 was a big year in the student loan world.  Unfortunately, as the economy has worsened and joblessness rates have increased, more and more student loan borrowers are finding it […]

The holiday season can be a time for  reflection, so I am thinking  back on the student loan borrower clients I have worked with this year.  On the positive side, […]

On Thursday, November 5, Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Michael Bennett (D-CO), Al Franken (D-MN) and Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) introduced new legislation (S. 2733) to create a private student loan ombudsman […]

Tim Ranzetta at Student Lending Analytics wrote recently about curing student loan defaults and rehabilitation.   We have a few responses to this useful article based on our experiences representing […]

On September 23, the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Commerical and Administrative Law held a hearing on discharging educational debt in bankruptcy. Brett Weiss delivered testimony on […]

In April, we released a report about the lack of options for private student loan borrowers.  Unfortunately, our clients and other borrowers who have contacted us tell us that not […]

Courts have consistently held that there is no private right of enforcement under the Higher Education Act (HEA).   In case after case, borrowers, often without the benefit of legal counsel, […]

“Student loans are not like other forms of consumer debts-they are a direct result of public policy…For the borrower, we acknowledge the different nature of the debt by making it […]

Congress passed a bill on June 23 that will provide much-needed relief for borrowers in default on their federal student loans.  President Obama is expected to sign the bill. There […]

The Supreme Court announced this week that it will hear a student loan bankruptcy dischargeabilty case, Espinosa v. USA Funds.  The Associated Press states that the Supreme Court will be […]