Bankruptcy

Student Loan Discharge: Bankruptcy Court Explains Undue Hardship
Bankruptcy clients usually accept the fact that student loans are not dischargeable. Some clients are aware of the "undue hardship" exception where these loans can be discharged. It is very difficult to wipe out student loans as an undue hardship...

Can You Discharge Student Loans in a Chapter 7 if You're an Arizona Bankruptcy Lawyer
Every now and then somebody asks me if I know that student loans can be discharged in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Arizona. I always try to be polite, and I thank them for the information...

Court Struggles With Student Loan Bankruptcy Issues
SCOTUS Blog: "At Tuesday?s oral argument in United Student Aid Funds v. Espinosa, the Court grappled with whether an order discharging student loan debt absent an adversary hearing and a finding of undue hardship?in clear contravention of the Bankruptcy Code?is void...

Today’s opinion
This morning the Court issued a unanimous ruling in United Student Aid Funds v. Espinosa (08-1134), affirming the lower court in an opinion by Justice Thomas.  The Justices held that a bankruptcy court has the authority to discharge a student loan debt even if the student has not filed a claim of undue hardship...

Student Loan Bankruptcy Case Argued in Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court began hearing today the case involving a debtor whose student loans were discharged in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy?though possibly against the U.S. Bankruptcy Code...

Student Loan Discharge Case Heard by U.S. Supreme Court
Earlier this month the U.S.  Supreme Court heard arguments in a case involving the question of discharge of student loans in a Chapter 13 case.   The case arose from a Chapter 13 petition filed in 1992 by Francisco Espinoza, an American Airlines baggage handler...

Can Long Term Unemployment Support a Claim for Hardship Discharge of a Student Loan

Bankruptcy and Student Loans
The BKBlog has posted an article that discusses the effects bakruptcy has on student loans. Student loan creditors have become more active in collecting their money in light of the current economic decline...

Court to rule on student loan debts
The Supreme Court, agreeing on Monday to hear four new cases, said it would decide whether an individual who owes on a student loan may wipe out the debt — at least partly — in a bankruptcy without showing that the debt posed an “undue hardship...

Student Loan Debts - Bankruptcy Won't Help Much
I have been getting a lot of calls and emails lately about student loan debt.  Perhaps with the economy in recession, student loan creditors are becoming more hard line about collecting, and student loan debtors have good reason to be worried...

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Truth In Lending Act
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Constructive Discharge
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Unlawful Retaliation for Sexual Harassment Claim
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Student Loan Xpress Settles Class Action with Students
Student Loan Xpress Settles Class Action with Students

Loan Backers
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Air Line Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Reorganization
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Chocolate Discharge
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Wells Fargo Faces Loan Discrimination Class Action
Wells Fargo Faces Loan Discrimination Class Action