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CFPB Spotlights Fees in School Lunch Payment Platforms

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On July 25, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released an Issue Spotlight focusing on the fees associated with electronic payment platforms used by school districts to process school lunch payments. In...more

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CFPB Takes Action Against BloomTech, Inc. for ISAs that Violate TILA, UDAAP, and the FTC’s Holder Rule

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On April 17th, the CFPB issued a consent order to a for-profit training school alleging numerous violations of law related to its use if income share agreements (“ISAs”). According to the Bureau, BloomTech, Inc. (“BloomTech”)...more

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Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - February 2024

Securities Class Actions Show No Signs of Slowing in 2024 - Key Points - While the volume of securities class actions filings has remained consistently elevated over the past several years, the composition of the class...more

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CFPB Reports That College-Sponsored Financial Products Have Higher Fees and Less Favorable Terms

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released its 14th annual report to Congress in fulfillment of its requirements under the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act. For the...more

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PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Gavels & Gowns - Responding to Borrower Defense to Repayment Applications

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In this episode of Gavels & Gowns, an Education Law podcast, co-hosts Hal Johnson and Micah Schwartz discuss the U.S. Department of Education’s Borrower Defense to Repayment program, which involves federal student loan...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

White House AI Order Balances Innovation And Regulation

On Oct. 30, President Joe Biden issued an executive order on safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence. The executive order provides a sprawling list of directives aimed at establishing standards for AI safety...more

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Nevada enacts licensing requirement for private education loan lenders and servicers

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The Nevada Legislature recently passed Assembly Bill 332 (“AB 332”), which amends Nev. Rev. Stat. Title 55 relating to Banks and Related Organizations to add a new chapter regulating Private Education Lenders and Student Loan...more

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Decoded: Technology Law Insights - V 4, Issue 5, May 2023

Cyber Resilience Programs Falling Short on Preparing Workers for a Crisis- “At two-thirds of organizations, there is a fear that almost all employees, 95%, will not understand how to recover following a cyberattack.” ...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Education Dept. releases IDR proposal

On January 10, the Department of Education (DOE) announced a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to reduce the cost of federal student loan payments. ...more

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All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights, Volume 3, Issue 12

Student Loans - Supreme Court Likely to Rule that Biden Student Loan Plan is Illegal, Experts Say. Here’s What that Means for Borrowers - “Long before the president acted, Republicans had criticized student loan...more

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The Academic Advisor - Education Law Insights, Issue 5, 2022

Legal Challenges Mount for Biden’s Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Plan - “Six Republican-led states and a libertarian policy organization sued the Biden administration over its plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student loan...more

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CFPB Focuses on Student Loans — Especially Those Made by Schools — in Latest Supervisory Highlights

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On September 29, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released a special edition of its Supervisory Highlights, focusing on student loan servicing. The report contained findings on federal student loan...more

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Illinois Set to Impose Significant Obligations on College and Financial Aid Advisory Services

Illinois adopted a first-of-its-kind law regulating entities that advise consumers about college or career searches, financial aid, or scholarships, or that assist with planning, preparing or submitting applications on behalf...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

FTC Finalizes Updated Safeguards Rule Under GLBA to Dramatically Expand Data Security Requirements and Scope of Rule

Until now, companies primarily regulated by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) were given only vague directives to implement systems sufficient to safeguard customer data, coupled with FTC “recommendations” as to best...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Student Lending: CFPB Investigates Point-of-Sale Financing

A leading online payments system platform that offers point-of-sale (POS) financing reports it received a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for allowing educational...more

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Relief Is On the Way: The Second COVID-19 Relief Bill and What You Need to Know

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Just before midnight on December 21, 2020, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (the “Act”), a nearly 5,500 page stimulus bill allocating roughly $900 billon of much needed relief to United States...more

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Senate Dems Target For-Profit Colleges and Federal Student Loan Servicers and Collectors in Letter to Dept. of Education

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Last week, Senators Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Cory Booker sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) requesting information about how OCR “plans to address alarming racial...more

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Will 2020 see further regulation of income share agreements?

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Income share agreements (ISAs) continue to draw interest from schools, policymakers, and other stakeholders searching for solutions to the issue of rising student debt. Last summer, we published a primer outlining some of the...more

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3D Printing Quarterly Report - Q4 2019

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Rösler expands AM Solutions division to offer 3D printing services - AM Solutions, the Italian 3D printing subsidiary of the Rösler Group, a German company specializing in surface finishing solutions, will expand to offer a...more

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CFPB releases annual report to Congress on college credit card agreements

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The CFPB has released its eighth annual report to Congress on college credit card agreements.  The annual report is mandated by the CARD Act.  (The first two reports were issued by the Federal Reserve Board.)...more

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Illinois enacts law to fund income share agreements; distinguishes them from loans

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Illinois’ Democratic legislature recently passed, and its progressive Democratic Governor, J.B. Pritzker, recently signed into law, the Student Investment Account Act, which establishes a Student Investment Account to be...more

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CA enacts law prohibiting postsecondary schools from withholding transcripts as debt collection tool

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On October 4, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 1313, which prohibits postsecondary schools from withholding transcripts as a debt collection tool.  The law is effective January 1, 2020. ...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - September 2019

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The Wolcott school system in Wolcott, Connecticut has been recovering for four months from a ransomware attack that hit its system at the end of the school year. Last week, it was hit with a second attack. According to...more

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Proposed Regulations Would Tax More Than Just College and University Endowments

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An expansive interpretation of Section 4968 under proposed regulations issued by the US Treasury Department and IRS would tax not only “endowment” income but also any interest, dividends, rent, and royalties a college or...more

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What Schools Need to Know About CFPB’s Prepaid Accounts Regulation

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Counsel at schools and universities understandably don’t follow legal developments in financial services very closely, but recent changes in regulations affecting prepaid accounts could impact institutions of higher...more

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