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Capital Thinking Updates - May 16, 2013

by Amy Davenport, Tanya DeRivi, Alexis Early, Eugenia Edwards, Jared Fleisher, Norma Krayem, Karen Kudelko, Matthew Kulkin, Jessica Monahan, Amy Budner Smith, Stacy Swanson, Joseph Urso, more +Sarah Vilms, Kristin Wells, Pam Welsh | Patton Boggs LLP on 5/21/2013

In This Issue: - General Legislative - Agriculture and Food - Budget and Appropriations - Cybersecurity - Defense - Education - Energy - Environment - Financial Services - Health...more

CFPB Issues Report, Holds Field Hearing On Student Loan Relief Policy Options

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/14/2013

On May 8, the CFPB issued a report regarding student loan affordability and related policy issues. The report summarizes and analyzes public responses to the CFPB’s request for information and discusses policy options for...more

CFPB issues report on student loan affordability

by John L. Culhane, Jr. | Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/13/2013

As we predicted at last week’s meeting of the National Council of Higher Education Resources’ Private Student Loan Committee, the CFPB field hearing held last Wednesday in Miami was devoted to student loan affordability. In...more

Financial Services Legislative and Regulatory Update -- May 13‚ 2013

by Abby Matousek, Jason M. Rosenstock | Mintz Levin - Public Finance on 5/13/2013

In This Issue: Leading the Past Week; Legislative Branch; Executive Branch; and Upcoming Hearings. Excerpt from Leading the Past Week - What had been a relatively quiet week, where until Friday it seemed...more

Infobytes - A Weekly In-depth review of news & developments in the financial services industry - May 10, 2013

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/13/2013

In This Issue: - FEDERAL ISSUES - STATE ISSUES - COURTS - MISCELLANY - FIRM NEWS - FIRM PUBLICATIONS - MORTGAGES - BANKING - CONSUMER FINANCE - SECURITIES - PRIVACY/DATA SECURITY -...more

Could This Law School Ranking Unseat US News? [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 5/9/2013

May 9 (Bloomberg Law) -- Elie Mystal, editor at Above the Law, tells Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia that his blog's new law school rankings sought to list the top 50 American law schools by relying on an "outcome based"...more

Bankruptcy May Become a Way Out of Student Loan Debt

by Michele Bowman | Lawyers.com on 5/8/2013

While students get breaks on their loans in some ways, filing bankruptcy has never been one of them. But if a federal appellate opinion and action in Congress are any indicators, that could be changing....more

CFPB Announces Field Hearing On Student Loan Issues

by BuckleySandler LLP on 4/29/2013

On April 18, the CFPB announced a field hearing about student loan issues, to be held in Miami-Dade County on May 8, 2013. The CFPB has not yet announced witnesses but has stated the event will feature remarks from CFPB...more

Student Loans: Nondischargeability Questioned in Seventh Circuit and Beyond

by Adam McNeile | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/26/2013

Conventional wisdom says that it is nearly impossible to obtain a discharge of student loan debt in bankruptcy. Indeed, Section 523(a)(8) expressly excepts student loans from discharge, unless the exception of such...more

Ninth Circuit: Injunctive Relief Claims Relating Only to Past Harms to a Limited Class Are Not Exempt From Arbitration

by Brian Martin, Amy L. Pierce, Christine Scheuneman, Nathaniel Smith | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 4/25/2013

Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision favoring arbitration clauses in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held in Kilgore v. KeyBank, N.A. that the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”)...more

Ninth Circuit Enforces Student Loan Arbitration Agreement

by BuckleySandler LLP on 4/24/2013

On April 11, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting en banc, held that a national bank could compel arbitration of a dispute involving student loans. Kilgore v. KeyBank, Nat’l Ass’n, No. 09-16703, 2013 WL...more

CFPB to hold student loan field hearing on May 8

by John L. Culhane, Jr. | Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/22/2013

UniversityThe CFPB has announced that on May 8, 2013, it will hold a field hearing in Miami-Dade County, Florida on student loan borrowers. CFPB Director Richard Cordray will be giving remarks at the event....more

Infobytes - A Weekly In-depth review of news & developments in the financial services industry - April 19, 2013

by BuckleySandler LLP on 4/22/2013

In This Issue: - FEDERAL ISSUES - STATE ISSUES - COURTS - FIRM NEWS - FIRM PUBLICATIONS - MORTGAGES - BANKING - CONSUMER FINANCE - SECURITIES - CREDIT CARDS - Excerpt from Consumer...more

Bill on Bankruptcy: Easterbrook Turns the Tide on Student Loans [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 4/17/2013

April 18 (Bloomberg) -- Why and when U.S.-managed hedge funds can go bankrupt in the Caribbean, not in the U.S., is the first item discussed on the new bankruptcy video with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia and Bloomberg...more

Business News Digest – April 2013

by Michael Baader, Jamie Barnett, Andrew Bigart, Amanda C. Blunt, Edward Boyle, Gregory Braker, Robert Burton, Emilio W. Cividanes, John F. Cooney, Krista Coons, Ashley Craig, Daniel Danello, more +Robert P. Davis, Paul Debolt, Douglas Emhoff, Lisa Jose Fales, Matthew R. Farley, Kathryn Floyd, Thomas Gilbertsen, Nancy Grunberg, Michael Hartmere, J. Scott Hommer, Stuart P. Ingis, Jay Johnson, Jonathan King, Mitchell Kolkin, George Kostolampros, Dismas Locaria, Elizabeth Lowe, Melissa McLaughlin, Lindsay B. Meyer, Parker B. Morrill, Jonathan L. Pompan, Hillary Profita, Matthew R. Rabinowitz, Megan Roberts-Satinsky, Anthony Rosso, Martin Saad, Sejal Shah, Raymond Shepherd, Eric R. Smith, Robert Smith, Margaret Strand, Joeann Walker, Ariel S. Wolf, Jason Wool, Brian Zimmet | Venable LLP on 4/15/2013

In this issue: - Finders May Pose Risk in Private Capital Raising - NIST Holds First Workshop on Executive Order Cybersecurity Framework - NIST Issues Request for Information, Begins Developing...more

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Capital Thinking Updates - May 16, 2013

CFPB Issues Report, Holds Field Hearing On Student Loan Relief Policy Options

CFPB issues report on student loan affordability

Financial Services Legislative and Regulatory Update -- May 13‚ 2013

Infobytes - A Weekly In-depth review of news & developments in the financial services industry - May 10, 2013

Could This Law School Ranking Unseat US News? [Video]

Bankruptcy May Become a Way Out of Student Loan Debt

CFPB Announces Field Hearing On Student Loan Issues

Student Loans: Nondischargeability Questioned in Seventh Circuit and Beyond

Ninth Circuit: Injunctive Relief Claims Relating Only to Past Harms to a Limited Class Are Not Exempt From Arbitration

Ninth Circuit Enforces Student Loan Arbitration Agreement

CFPB to hold student loan field hearing on May 8

Infobytes - A Weekly In-depth review of news & developments in the financial services industry - April 19, 2013

Bill on Bankruptcy: Easterbrook Turns the Tide on Student Loans [Video]

Business News Digest – April 2013

CFPB Releases Public Complaint Database

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - April 5, 2013

CFPB Expands Public Consumer Complaint Database

Banking & Financial Services E-Note - March 28, 2013

Your Complaints Just Went Public! The CFPB Expands Online Access to Consumer Complaint Data

CFPB Expands Public Consumer Complaint Database

Northwestern Law Dean: Let Students "Vote With Their Feet" [Video]

CFPB Proposes Rule to Supervise Largest Nonbank Student Loan Servicers

CFPB Proposed Rule for Nonbank Student Loan Servicers

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - March 25, 2013

Could This Law School Ranking Unseat US News? [Video]

Bill on Bankruptcy: Easterbrook Turns the Tide on Student Loans [Video]

Northwestern Law Dean: Let Students "Vote With Their Feet" [Video]

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