A&B Abstract New Jersey recently enacted its own version of a Student Loan Bill of Rights, which requires the licensing of any person acting “directly or indirectly” as a student loan servicer. In light of the growing number of states enacting similar language to regulate the student loan industry, what might this mean for the […]
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Student Loan Servicers Remain Liable Under State Law for Affirmative Misrepresentations to Borrowers
A&B Abstract: The Seventh Circuit recently held that the federal Higher Education Act does not preempt state law consumer protection and tort claims where student loan servicers made affirmative misrepresentations to borrowers regarding repayment options. As such, student loan servicers should be aware that representations they make to borrowers may be subject to state consumer […]
Will Maine begin to regulate passive, secondary market investors in student loan debt?
A&B Abstract: Maine’s New Student Loan Bill of Rights requires the licensing of any person acting as “directly or indirectly” as a student loan servicer. What might that mean for passive, secondary market investors in student loan debt? Background On June 20, 2019, Maine Governor Janet Mills signed into law LD 995, Maine’s “Student Loan […]