Bankruptcy has long been an avenue for resolving debt burdens and debts otherwise causing an individual financial hardship. However, not all debts are equal and some have not been eligible for a debt discharge through...
Category: Student Loans
A recent decision in the Fifth Circuit Court can change the fate of private educational lenders. In Crocker v. Navient Solutions, the court upheld a decision by the Southern District of Texas that not all private educational...
17 Jul, 2020
Student Loans and Bankruptcy
Many students take loans to cover their full cost of attendance at school. However, your monthly loan payments depend on the money you borrow now, the more you choose, the higher you pay. That is why it is essential to...
20 Dec, 2018
Student Loans and Bankruptcy
According to the Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae), the organization that administers the government’s insurance program for education lenders, most courts are reluctant to discharge student loans. Undue...
11 Dec, 2018
ITT Student Loan Settlement Approved
If you remember, the ITT Technical Institute was a for-profit technical college that declared bankruptcy in 2016, closing campuses in Texas and across the rest of the country. Recently, nearly 750,000 students who took out...
