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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

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

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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

Roetzel & Andress

Huge Win For Private Student Loan Borrowers

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Student loans are notoriously difficult to shed through the bankruptcy process. A person must show that it would impose an "undue hardship" on them to be required to repay the student loans, and the test for proving undue...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

A Dream or a Nightmare? Who pays in a world without student loans?

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Anyone who hasn’t heard about the “student loan crisis” in the U.S. hasn’t been paying attention. U.S. student loan debt is estimated to range from between $1.2 and $1.6 trillion with more than seven million borrowers in...more

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