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A Brief History of Student Loan Treatment in Bankruptcy Cases

March 2023

Bankruptcy Code
523(a)(8)
Topic Tags
Consumer Debt
Discharge/Dischargeability

To amend title 11 of the United States Code to stop abusive student loan collection practices in bankruptcy cases.

Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Article Tags
Consumer Bankruptcy
Consumer Debt
Discharge/Dischargeability
Finance and Banking
Bill text forthcoming.

To amend title 11 of the United States Code to modify the dischargeability of debts for certain educational payments and loans.

Monday, January 9, 2023
Article Tags
Consumer Bankruptcy
Consumer Debt
Discharge/Dischargeability
Finance and Banking
Full bill text.

Benchnotes March 2023

March 2023

Bankruptcy Code
11 U.S.C. § 548
522
724
1121
1141
1517
1126
Topic Tags
Fraudulent Transfers
Plan Confirmation
Discharge/Dischargeability
International Insolvency

Second Circuit Limits the Significance of Homaidan on Discharge of Private Student Loans

The Fair Credit Reporting Act doesn’t require credit reporting agencies to resolve disputed facts or law about the discharge of private student loans.

2nd Circuit
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Article Tags
Consumer Debt
Discharge/Dischargeability
Finance and Banking
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Thursday, January 5, 2023
Article Tags
Consumer Debt
Discharge/Dischargeability
Finance and Banking
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Lack of Familiarity with PACER Is No Excuse for a Late Filing, Tenth Circuit Says

Some tasks are too complex for lawyers and should be performed by paralegals.

10th Circuit

Bartenwerfer Argument Invites the Supreme Court to Depart from ‘Plain Meaning’

Will the Supreme Court add words to Section 523(a)(2)(A) to yield a result that the justices find more palatable?

Supreme Court
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Article Tags
Court Administration
Fraud
Practice and Procedure
Consumer Bankruptcy
Consumer Debt
Discharge/Dischargeability
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