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The CARES Act: Guidance For Servicing Federal and Private Student Loans in the U.S. During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Pub. L. No. 116-136 (the “CARES Act”) was signed into law on March 27, 2020. Although much has been made of the obligations imposed on student loans and the servicers of...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Misrepresentation Claims Not Preempted: Eleventh Circuit Rules Against Preemption in Student Loan Case

As we’ve been tracking for over a year now, courts across the country have addressed the significant question of whether the federal laws governing federally owned or guaranteed student loans preempt state laws placing...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

New York Department of Financial Services Finalizes Student Loan Servicers Regs

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The New York Department of Financial Services ("DFS") has finalized the last piece of the Empire State's student loan servicer puzzle. On October 1st, the DFS issued a Student Loan Servicers Regulation (the "Regulation") that...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Four Cornerstones: Regulatory Focus Sharpens on Student Loan Servicing Industry

We have previously written about recent regulatory focus on the student loan servicing industry. In particular, we discussed the issuance of a 151-page report issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) titled...more

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CFPB Student Loan Ombudsman highlights FFELP loans in fourth annual report

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The CFPB released its fourth Annual Report of the Student Loan Ombudsman discussing complaints received by the CFPB about private and federal student loans and the lessons drawn by the Ombudsman from those complaints. (The...more

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New Legislation Introduced to Allow Discharge of Private Student Debt

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB”) reported in 2012 that U.S. borrowers are burdened by more than $1 trillion in student debt, including over $150 billion of private student loans. According to TransUnion,...more

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