Borrowers who were defrauded by their college may be able to get their federal student loans canceled and previous payments ...

Thousands of borrowers received emails this week notifying them that their student loans will be discharged under the Sweet v ...

Student loan borrowers suffered a defeat this week after a federal court dismissed an appeal challenging stricter standards on discharging student loans.

Social Security brings forward critical date by a year and could reduce payments to millions of beneficiaries Student loan ...

Our Education Team explores how a new round of repayment discharges – totaling $238 million for 28,000 student borrowers – announces a return to the use of the group discharge. This action signals the ...

Colleges and universities across the country have recently been receiving new rounds of borrower defense to repayment (BDR) claims from the U.S. Department of Education (ED). On March 30, 2026, ED ...

"Seeing those loans disappear felt like a reward," Charmaine Pitt said. She had her debt forgiven after Sweet v. McMahon.

As of February 2025, nearly 40,000 class action members have pending borrower defense applications. Borrower defense claims through the U.S. Department of Education have resulted in billions of ...