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Loan Forgiveness Department of Education Federal Student Loans

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

8th Circuit Court of Appeals Weighs in on The SAVE Plan and Student Loan Forgiveness

On February 18, 2025, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Biden administration’s income-driven repayment Plan was an overreach of authority. In doing so, it upheld a preliminary injunction on the Plan and sent...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Department of Education Notification of Borrower Defense Claims

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Higher education clients who accept federal student loans may have recently received emails from the Department of Education (“Department”) notifying them of borrower defense claims seeking to avoid loan repayment obligations...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Republicans introduce joint resolution of disapproval to overturn DOE’s student loan debt relief program

On March 27, Republican lawmakers Representative Bob Good (R-VA) and Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to overturn the Department of Education’s (DOE)...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Avenues to Provide Federal Student Loan Borrowers with Relief

Building on its previous efforts to reduce the cost of federal student loans, the Department of Education (DOE), as directed by the Biden-Harris administration, proposed a new rule on Tuesday, January 10, that would reform...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

A Deep Dive into the Debate Over Federal Student Loan Forgiveness

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After reviewing the existing types of federal student loans and forgiveness programs, we discuss the current political debate over forgiveness, including the Education Dept.’s upcoming analysis of the President’s forgiveness...more

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