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Understanding the Federal and State Tax Implications of Student Loan Forgiveness

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The idea of student loan forgiveness has caught the attention of many borrowers and sparked lots of discussions. If you're wondering how this might affect your taxes, you're not alone. It's important to know the rules and...more

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Department of Education Cancels $5B More in Unpaid Student Loans

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The U.S. Department of Education (ED) recently announced the approval of an additional $4.9 billion in student loan forgiveness for 73,000 individuals. The relief was provided through several modifications to the...more

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Fourth Circuit Holds Catch-and-Release Fishing Not Regulated by Federal Clean Water Act

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The “Major Questions Doctrine” (MQD) has been the breakout star of the last two terms at the US Supreme Court. Earlier this month, the Fourth Circuit used MQD in upholding the dismissal of a nongovernmental organization’s...more

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Biden loan forgiveness alternatives face new challenge

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Less than six weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court held that President Biden lacked authority to advance his signature effort to forgive upwards of $430 billion in federal student loans, a new challenge has been filed to other...more

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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

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Major Questions About the Major Questions Doctrine: The U.S. Supreme Court Employs the Major Questions Doctrine to Strike Down the...

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On June 30, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court invoked the “major questions doctrine” for the second time, concluding that the Biden Administration’s plan to forgive $430 billion of federal student loans under the Health and...more

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Supreme Court 2023 Highlights – Administrative and Environmental Law

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This US Supreme Court’s administrative and environmental decisions were somewhat predictable for much of the 2022-2023 term. And then they weren’t – the final weeks of the term especially featured some high-drama decisions....more

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‘Modify’ Means Modify: Supreme Court Rejects Biden Administration’s Plan to Forgive US$430 Billion in Student Loan Debt

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The Supreme Court reaffirmed that agencies may not exercise sweeping powers that would fundamentally revise congressional policies absent clear statutory authorization. The Secretary of Education’s power to “modify” the...more

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Supreme Court blocks student debt relief program

On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision in Biden v. Nebraska, striking down the Department of Education’s (DOE) student loan debt relief program (announced in August and covered by InfoBytes here) that would...more

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SCOTUS Update: Administrative Law Takeaways from Biden v. Nebraska

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Last week, the US Supreme Court ruled that the Biden Administration’s efforts to cancel $430 billion in student loan balances was legally unsupportable. Forty-three million Americans will remember Biden v. Nebraska when...more

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SCOTUS holds Biden lacks authority for $430 billion loan cancellation plan

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On June 30, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court announced long-awaited opinions in two cases challenging the Biden Administration’s authority to proceed with its plan to forgive approximately $430 billion in federal student loans. ...more

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Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision Invalidating the Biden Administration’s Student Loan...

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Last Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Biden Administration did not have the legal authority to proceed with its plan to forgive approximately $400 billion in federal student loans. After reviewing the background...more

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Supreme Court Rules Against Biden Administration’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

On June 30, in Biden v. Nebraska, the Supreme Court ruled against the Biden administration’s student loan relief plan in a 6-3 decision. The plan, which was estimated to impact more than $430 billion of student loan...more

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SCOTUS Strikes Down Student-Loan Forgiveness Act

On June 30, 2023, the Supreme Court held that the Secretary of Education did not have the authority to implement the Biden Administration’s student loan forgiveness plan (“Biden Plan”). The decision will cancel the...more

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High Court Strikes Down President Biden’s Student Loan Relief Program

The Supreme Court of the United States, on June 30, 2023, struck down President Biden’s student loan relief program that was set to provide partial debt cancellation to approximately 40 million student loan borrowers. As a...more

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Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: SCOTUS Hears Oral Argument in Cases Challenging Biden Administration Student Loan...

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On February 28, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court heard nearly four hours of oral argument in two separate cases challenging the Biden Administration’s authority to proceed with its plan to forgive approximately $400 billion in...more

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Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan in Peril

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The Supreme Court heard arguments on February 28, 2023 in two cases that will decide the future of President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan. The cases, Biden v. Nebraska and U.S. Department of Education v. Brown,...more

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SCOTUS Decision in Student Loan Forgiveness Cases May Hinge on Article III Standing

On February 28th, 2023, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two related cases, Biden v. Nebraska and Department of Education v. Brown, both of which challenge President Biden's one-time student loan...more

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SCOTUS hears oral argument in cases challenging Biden Administration student loan forgiveness plan

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On February 28, 2023, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in two separate cases challenging the Biden Administration’s authority to proceed with its plan to forgive approximately $400 billion in federal student loans. In...more

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Student Loan Debt Relief Is Stalled

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In August, the Biden administration announced a plan for the cancellation of federal student loan debt for many borrowers. Although 26 million borrowers have applied for student loan forgiveness, the federal relief program...more

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SCOTUS agrees to hear second case challenging loan forgiveness

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On December 12, 2022, the Supreme Court announced that it would grant a petition for certiorari as to the separate loan-forgiveness challenge pending before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and calendar the matter for...more

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Two Federal Courts Deal Blow to Biden Administration’s Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Program: A Close Look at the Decisions

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After reviewing the background of the current moratorium on federal student loan payments and the Biden Administration’s decision to grant loan forgiveness, we discuss two recent decisions that have paused the...more

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Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

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As discussed here, on November 18, the Biden administration filed an application with the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate the Eighth Circuit injunction temporarily pausing the administration’s student loan forgiveness program....more

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U.S. Supreme Court grants review of challenge to loan forgiveness

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On December 1, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed an application by the Biden Administration to vacate an injunction entered by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals that currently prevents the administration from enacting...more

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The Supreme Court Update - December 1, 2022

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Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in one case: Biden v. Nebraska, No. 22A444:  The Court agreed to consider a challenge brought by six States to the Federal Government’s student-loan relief...more

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