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APRIL 19, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission has announced a settlement with the final defendant and “ringleader” of a student loan debt relief scam that bilked consumers out of nearly $9 million that will see the individual permanently banned from the debt relief industry and required to turn over assets to satisfy a $7.4 million judgment.

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MARCH 19, 2024

One of the nation’s largest servicers of student loans is being called before the Senate Banking Committee for a hearing about its performance, following a report that was critical of the servicer’s efforts.

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AUGUST 16, 2023

A District Court judge in Michigan has dismissed a lawsuit that challenged an initiative from the federal government seeking to forgive $39 million of student loan debt, determining the plaintiffs lacked standing to sue. Well, that didn’t take very long.

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

Nearly nine million people who have student loans have not yet made a payment after the moratorium on student loan payments ended three months ago, according to a published report that cited information from the Education Department.

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MARCH 14, 2024

While still a few months off on the horizon, the date on which individuals with unpaid student loans may start seeing their paychecks and bank accounts garnished is approaching.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

is pushing the Department of Justice to implement new guidance related to how student loan debts are handled when individuals file for bankruptcy protection, saying the department needs “to do its part to ensure that borrowers who continue to struggle with student debt have a path toward additional relief.”

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NOVEMBER 11, 2022

A District Court judge in Texas yesterday granted summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs who sued the federal government seeking to block a program that would cancel up to $20,000 of student loan debt for individuals making less than $125,000 annually, ruling that the Biden Administration overstepped its authority when it created the program without (..)

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APRIL 2, 2024

A group of 10 state Attorneys General — all Republicans — have filed a lawsuit against the federal government, seeking to block the enactment of an income-driven repayment plan saying it is another attempt at government overreach in the student loan arena and does nothing but transfer wealth from low-income individuals to people with higher (..)

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

A petition is being organized — and so far 35,000 individuals have signed it — asking the Department of Education to cancel their student loan debts. Issues with repayment and other concerns have led 40,000 individuals to go on a “student debt strike,” according to a published report.

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AUGUST 23, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission on Monday announced it had sued and obtained a temporary restraining order against a number of corporate and individual defendants accused of pretending to be affiliated with the Department of Education so that they could market student loan forgiveness programs that made false promises and collected millions in illegal (..)

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JANUARY 22, 2024

billion of unpaid student loans for 73,000 individuals as a result of adjustments to the income-driven repayment (IDR) forgiveness and Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) programs. billion of student loans for 3.7 The federal government on Friday announced it had approved the forgiveness of $4.9 million individuals.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

billion of student loans for 153,000 borrowers who are eligible for shortened time to forgiveness under President Biden’s Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan. The Department of Education announced this week that it is forgiving another $1.2

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JANUARY 11, 2023

The Department of Education yesterday announced a proposed rule that aims to lower the student loan payments being made by those with student loan debt, while completely pausing payments for individuals who make less than $30,600 per year. A copy of the proposed rulemaking can be accessed by clicking here. The post Dept.

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DECEMBER 9, 2021

The Attorney General of California announced that a group of individuals involved in a student loan debt relief scam have been sentenced — three of them receiving jail time — and paying more than $330,000 in restitution to victims who were “preyed on” because they were struggling to repay their student loans.

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MAY 15, 2023

The moratorium on student loan payments has cost the federal government $160 billion in lost assets and the federal government should be ordered to force individuals with unpaid student loan debts to start repaying them, according to a nonprofit think-tank that is seeking a preliminary injunction against the Department of Education.

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OCTOBER 3, 2022

The legal challenges to the federal government’s plan to cancel student loan debt for individuals making less than $125,000 a year have started, with a pair of suits claiming the administration failed to take the proper steps before announcing the plan.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The Biden Administration yesterday announced it was extending the moratorium on student loan payments until 60 days after litigation surrounding the plan to forgive up to $20,000 in unpaid student loans is resolved.

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AUGUST 25, 2022

Surprising nobody yesterday, President Biden announced that the federal government will forgive up to $10,000 in student loan debt for anyone making less than $125,000 per year and up to $20,000 for anyone with a Pell grant, while also extending the moratorium on making student loan payments through the end of the year.

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Consumer Finance

MARCH 10, 2024

Many student loan borrowers have an opportunity to have their entire student loans cancelled or receive more credit towards cancellation, but they must act before April 30, 2024.

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OCTOBER 1, 2022

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau yesterday published a special edition of its Supervisory Highlights, spotlighting the student loan servicing and collection markets and pointing out some of the issues it has uncovered when examining companies in that market. A copy of the report can be accessed by clicking here.

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APRIL 19, 2022

… The post Student Loan IDRs Go Under the Microscope appeared first on AccountsRecovery.net. … The post Student Loan IDRs Go Under the Microscope appeared first on AccountsRecovery.net.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The Biden Administration’s student loan debt cancellation plan will cost the government $400 billion, according to a report released yesterday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

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AUGUST 17, 2022

The Department of Education announced yesterday that it is canceling all the remaining federal student loans for anyone who attended ITT Technical Institute between 2005 and its closure in 2016. Discharges All Remaining Loans for ITT Tech Students appeared first on AccountsRecovery.net. billion on those outstanding debts.

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AUGUST 24, 2022

A Georgia man has been sentenced to six years in prison while also being ordered to pay $910,417 in restitution after pleading guilty in a scam that led to $48 million of federal student loans being fraudulently discharged through a program intended for disabled military veterans.

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OCTOBER 14, 2022

The governor of New York yesterday signed a bill into law that will eliminate a 22% collection fee on student loans owed to the state. The fee was added when unpaid student loan debts were referred to the Office of the Attorney General’s Civil Recoveries Bureau.

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JUNE 13, 2022

The … The post Report Calls for ‘Broad-Based’ Cancellation of Student Loans appeared first on AccountsRecovery.net.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The Department of Education has announced a new plan to hold student loan servicers accountable for not harming individuals with stiff penalties that the department has already shown it is willing to put into practice.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

A bill has been introduced in the Senate to create a student loan borrower bill of rights, which would limit the circumstances in which late fees can be applied, prohibit the use of mandatory arbitration provisions, and force servicers to create units that are dedicated to keeping at-risk borrowers from defaulting, among other requirements.

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

The Department of Education is considering proposals that would give borrowers “new flexibility” like initial grace periods when its moratorium on student loan payments ends on January 31, according to a published report.

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OCTOBER 10, 2023

The Department of Education and the Biden Administration last week announced an additional $9 billion in student loan debt relief, bringing the total amount of student loans that have been canceled during the current administration to $127 billion. billion of […]

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

have announced a resolution that aims to cancel $50,000 of student loan debt for all federal student loan borrowers. About 75% of … The post Senators Call on President to Forgive $50k of Student Loan Debt Per Student appeared first on AccountsRecovery.net. Elizabeth Warren [D-Mass.],

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MAY 3, 2022

A bill has been introduced in the Senate that would prohibit President Biden from canceling outstanding federal student loan obligations due to a national emergency while also ending the current moratorium on federal student loan payments. 4094, the Stop Reckless Student Loan Actions Act, was introduced by Sen. The bill, S.4094,

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Individuals with higher incomes are likely to get more bang for their buck following last week’s announcement that individuals making under $125,000 are eligible to have up to $20,000 of their outstanding student loan debt forgiven, but lower income households are more likely to have all of their debts forgiven, according to a report released (..)

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JANUARY 9, 2024

Individuals with student loans who have started making payments again are facing a number of hurdles, such as waiting on hold for as long as 70 minutes to speak to a representative and receiving billing statements that are untimely and inaccurate, according to a report released last week by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has launched another flare into the night sky, this time warning student loan servicers about making sure they are not making misrepresentations or making deceptive statements with respect to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which offers individuals the opportunity to have their student loan debts (..)

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JUNE 22, 2022

A bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives that, if enacted, would prohibit the federal government from cancelling or forgiving federal student loans because the government does not have the authority to do so and because it’s “unfair for taxpayers who paid student loans or did not attend college to pay for those … (..)

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The Department of Education announced yesterday that it is canceling $415 million in student loan debt under the borrower defense to repayment plan, including the debts of 1,800 former students of DeVry University. Cancels More Student Loan Debts, Announces New Regs Coming appeared first on AccountsRecovery.net.

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