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...chose to triple its loan volume despite an inability to serve those borrowers—evidenced by its complex call deflection scheme, which diverted borrowers away from help, even when it knew that...

...workers, labor unions, consumer advocates, and other experts about the harms of coercive employment contracts, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a sweeping rule to ban all non-compete clauses today—delivering...

...service workers seeking access to loan forgiveness today. The new report includes recommendations to obtain justice for borrowers harmed by ACS’s errors and to strengthen accountability for student loan companies...

...entice students into signing complex ISA contracts. As various legal proceedings brought by ISA borrowers have shown, many have come to regret the conditions of these contracts.  Airbrushing New Forms...

...qualifying employers for PSLF, but show up in other ED communications as ineligible; and (3) Employers that are deemed qualifying employers, but in subsequent communications by the Department (see “comprehensive...

...process. Despite some limiting case law, states retain the right under the Commerce Clause to “operate freely in the free market.” Just last week, a district court judge ruled against...

...the full hearing will be made available here: https://www.youtube.com/@senatebankinghousingandurb4992  Read full written testimony by Aissa Canchola Bañez, SBPC Policy Director here: https://protectborrowers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Banez_Written-Testimony_PSL-Senate-Banking_9-17-2024.pdf  Read full written testimony by Dalié Jiménez, Director,...

April 23, 2024 | WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a final rule today that would restrict companies that it regulates from requiring workers to enter non-compete...

...Shady creditors falsify documents in “robo-signing” schemes to churn out collection lawsuits. Companies send borrowers off to collections right as they are negotiating alternative repayment plans. States are free to...

Organizations From All 50 States Demand Executive Action on Student Debt as New Tracking Poll Continues to Show Likely Voters Support Action by 2:1 Margin Friday, May 27, 2022 |...