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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

States Sue the Biden Administration to Stop Loan Relief Plan

On April 9, 2024, seven states filed suit against the Biden administration in an attempt to block its new “SAVE” plan, an income-driven repayment plan that leads to eventual loan forgiveness. The case is pending in the U.S....more

Troutman Pepper

Biden-Harris Administration Amends Higher Education Act to Address College Closures and Withholding Transcripts

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On October 24, the Biden-Harris administration announced amendments to the regulations implementing title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA). According to the fact sheet, the amendments are intended to allow the...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

The State of Student Loan Debt in Bankruptcy

On June 30, the Supreme Court ruled that the Biden administration did not have authority to forgive student loans under the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003 (HEROES Act). Despite this defeat,...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

White House and House Republicans React and Respond to SCOTUS Student Debt Forgiveness Decision with Competing Approaches

Following the Supreme Court’s June 30, 2023 ruling determining that the Biden-Harris administration did not have authority to carry out its student debt forgiveness plan, the administration released a fact sheet detailing new...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

States file brief in support of Biden’s student loan debt-relief program

On January 11, a coalition of 22 state attorneys general from Massachusetts, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District Of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Mississippi Joins the Anti-Preemption Parade

The Mississippi Supreme Court recently rejected federal preemption arguments relating to federally owned student loans. This follows other preemption rulings, as we’ve discussed here and here. Mississippi’s attorney...more

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