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The Academic Advisor - Education Law Insights, Issue 4, May 2025

Welcome to our fourth issue of The Academic Advisor for 2025. In this edition, we cover the following topics of interest for schools, institutions of higher education, and other education-focused organizations: - How a...more

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New Department of Education Communication Requires Institutions to Contact Students About Loan Debt

On May 5, 2025, the Department of Education (ED) released a “Request for Institutions to Provide Repayment Information to Former Students to Prevent Defaults” (GEN-25-19). Noting that “only 38% of Direct Loan and...more

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U.S. Department of Education to Resume Federal Student Loan Collections

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On April 21, the U.S. Department of Education announced that its Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) will resume collections on defaulted federal student loans starting Monday, May 5th. This decision ends a collections pause...more

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CFPB highlights challenges faced by social security recipients carrying student loan debt

On January 8, the CFPB published an Issue Spotlight describing the challenges faced by student loan borrowers affected by the forced collection of Social Security benefits due to defaulted federal student loans. After a...more

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All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights, Volume 3, Issue 12

Student Loans - Supreme Court Likely to Rule that Biden Student Loan Plan is Illegal, Experts Say. Here’s What that Means for Borrowers - “Long before the president acted, Republicans had criticized student loan...more

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Federal Circuit Partially Lifts Ban on Education Department’s Default Collection Efforts; Court of Federal Claims Orders...

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has partially lifted a preliminary injunction that prevented the U.S. Department of Education (Department) from placing defaulted student loans with private collection...more

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CFPB continues work on student loan payback playbook disclosures

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The CFPB recently revised the prototype student loan Payback Playbook disclosures it has been developing with the Departments of Education and Treasury. These revisions were based on feedback from nearly 3,500 individual...more

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