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Film Room: House and DC activity

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In this week’s Film Room, we help your campus streamline third-party NIL and stay on top of news emanating from DC. House activity - The settlement’s institutional opt-in date of March 1, 2025, is just days away. Last...more

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U.S. Department of Education finalizes "borrower defense to repayment" rules effective 1 July 2020

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On 23 September 2019 the U.S. Department of Education (ED) published final regulations concerning, among other things, "borrower defense to repayment" claims for federal student loans first disbursed on or after 1 July 2020,...more

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Deadline Approaches for Higher Education Institutions to Submit Judicial and Arbitral Records to U.S. Department of Education

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As described in an earlier alert, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Department of Education in November 2016 (the “Department”) concerning borrower defenses to repayment (the “2016 BDR Rules”), which the current...more

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Dept. of Education to issue guidance on arbitration ban

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As we reported, the Department of Education announced earlier this month that it would begin implementing its “borrower defense” final rule which was issued in November 2016 by providing discharges of federal student loans...more

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Court hears argument in association’s attempt to block Dept. of Education “borrower defense” rule from taking effect on Oct. 12

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Earlier this week, Judge Randolph D. Moss of the D.C. federal district court heard oral argument on the renewed motion for a preliminary injunction filed by the California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools (CAPPS)...more

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Dept. of Education proposal allows use of pre-dispute arbitration agreements by schools receiving Title IV aid for student...

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The Department of Education has issued a proposal that would rescind the “Borrower Defense” final rule issued by the ED in November 2016 and replace it with the “Institutional Accountability regulations” contained in the...more

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NY bars use of mandatory arbitration agreements by career training schools

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The New York Education Department (NYED) has issued a ruling which states that the Bureau of Proprietary School Supervision (BPSS) will not permit an enrollment agreement, including an arbitration clause, to infringe on the...more

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Dept. of Education postpones effective date of arbitration ban and other provisions of “borrower defense” rule, announces intent...

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In a notice published in today’s Federal Register, the Dept. of Education announced that it is postponing “until further notice” the July 1, 2017 effective date of various provisions of the “borrower defense” final rule...more

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Lawsuit filed challenging Dept. of Education “borrower defense” final rule banning arbitration

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The California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools (CAPPS) has filed a complaint in D.C. federal district court against the Dept. of Education and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to overturn the “borrower defense”...more

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