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Nov 3, 2025

Lawsuit: Cities, Unions, and Civil Society Organizations Sue Trump-Vance Admin for Weaponizing PSLF

In National Council of Nonprofits et al. v. McMahon, groups seek to halt radical PSLF rewrite in united front against ED’s unconstitutional attack on teachers, nurses, first responders, and advocates.

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Mar 19, 2025

AFT v. U.S. Department of Education

On March 18, 2025, the AFT sued the U.S. Department of Education (ED) for denying student loan borrowers’ access to affordable loan payments and blocking progress towards Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), in violation of federal law. The AFT is represented by the Student Borrower Protection Center and Berger Montague PC. The lawsuit, AFT v. U.S. Department of Education, was filed in federal court in Washington, D.C. and seeks a court order to…

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Mar 19, 2025

AFT v. U.S. Department of Education Lawsuit Complaint

Read our full AFT v. U.S. Department of Education complaint.

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Jul 22, 2024

Student Loan Servicing Giant MOHELA Hit With Lawsuit for Failing 8 Million Student Loan Borrowers

AFT filed a groundbreaking consumer protection lawsuit against the Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri (MOHELA), the giant student loan servicing company under fire for mismanaging student loan accounts for millions of people. AFT is represented by the Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC), National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), and Selendy Gay PLLC.

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Jul 22, 2024

MOHELA Lawsuit Complaint

Read our full MOHELA lawsuit complaint from July, 2024.

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Dec 17, 2021

Students and Advocates Take Action Against Sham For-Profit School and Student Loan Company

Former students filed lawsuits against Top Applicant (also known as “Elevate”), a predatory online bootcamp, and Leif, a nationwide ISA provider. Alongside this, SBPC referred Leif to the CFPB. SBPC referred the ISA company to the CFPB.

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Jul 1, 2021

Lawsuit Against Coding Academy and ISA Provider Alleges Illegal Lending and Deceptive Practices

47 former students sued Make School, Inc. an operator of a for-profit coding academy, and Vemo Education, Inc. the Income Share Agreement company, for jointly creating and offering a predatory, high-cost ISA to attend the academy.

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May 31, 2020

SBPC and NCLC File FTC Complaint Against Vemo Education for Deceptive Marketing Practices

In a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission, the Student Borrower Protection Center and the National Consumer Law Center urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Vemo Education, Inc. for unfair and deceptive business practices in its marketing and promotion of income share agreements (ISAs) for students.

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May 20, 2020

Credit Reporting Complaint Against Great Lakes, Equifax, TransUnion, and Experian

Individuals representing a class of millions of student loan borrowers sued Great Lakes and the three national credit reporting agencies for unlawfully reporting borrowers’ student loan payments in violation of the CARES Act.

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May 1, 2020

Administrative Wage Garnishment Complaint Against Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos

The lawsuit seeks to end unlawful wage garnishment by Secretary DeVos and the Trump Administration for hundreds of thousands of borrowers and to return the money illegally seized from these borrowers’ paychecks.

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