A newly minted lawyer is bringing suit over debt incurred to prepare for her bar exams. Boca Raton attorney Verhonda Williams said she struggled to find work after graduating law school in 2011 and ...

If you’re overwhelmed by student loan debt and can’t make ends meet, you may be wondering if you can file for bankruptcy on student loans. The truth is that federal and private student loans are ...

A Direct Student Loan is another name for a federally issued student loan in the United States. If you borrowed money from ...

People with private student loans have been struggling during the pandemic. Their loans aren't eligible for the government's penalty-free repayment pause, which is in effect until at least Oct. 1 for ...

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 ...

Representative Lou Correa, along with 16 co-sponsors, has introduced the Student Loan Bankruptcy Improvement Act of 2025, aimed at easing student loan burdens by revising criteria for loan discharge ...

The misfortunes that brought schoolteachers Devin and Sarah Stang and their four young children to bankruptcy-and the loss of their house and a car in the process-were their own unique story. They ...

Millions of people have gotten a break from paying their federal student loans during the pandemic. But there's been no relief for millions of others with private student loans who may not realize ...

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