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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Eighth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel upholds discharge of private student loan debt

On August 12, the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the 8th Circuit upheld a lower court’s ruling that discharged a debtor’s student loan debt owed to a state bank, finding that repayment would impose an undue hardship....more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Second Circuit Affirms That Some Private Student Loans Are Dischargeable in Bankruptcy

In Hilal K. Homaidan v. Sallie Mae, Inc., Navient Solutions, LLC, Navient Credit Finance Corporation, Case No. 20-1981 (2d Cir. 2021), the Second Circuit affirmed the opinion of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern...more

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