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  • Press Releases
    Dec 20, 2019

    Student Loan Giant Accused of Cheating Public Service Workers Moves to Block Montana Legal Services Program from Advocating for Low-Income Borrowers’ Rights

    Student loan servicer PHEAA urged the Montana Supreme Court to reject a brief submitted to the court by the Montana…

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  • Testimony & Remarks
    Sep 10, 2019

    Testimony of Seth Frotman Before the United States Congress House Financial Services Committee

    We cannot continue to ignore the trillion-dollar blackhole in our financial markets. As it has done time and again, this Committee…

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  • Blogs
    Jul 16, 2019

    What Is “Credit”? AfterPay, Earnin’, and ISAs

    There’s good reason to think that some, if not all, ISAs involve a debt and are therefore “credit,” for various…

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  • Blogs
    Mar 29, 2019

    Accounts Receivable & Withheld Transcripts: The Quiet Higher Ed Crisis That States Could be Tackling

    We are used to thinking of the higher education financing crisis through the lens of a singular issue: student loans.…

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  • Blogs
    Mar 18, 2019

    Not All Student Loans are Non-Dischargeable in Bankruptcy and Creditors Know This

    There is a great deal of misinformation surrounding student loans in bankruptcy. Most people believe that anything called a “student…

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  • Blogs
    Jan 10, 2019

    Lawyers and Student Debt

    Readers of this blog will not be surprised at the sheer number of Americans who are burdened by student debt—more…

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  • Blogs
    Nov 30, 2018

    A New Foundation of Scholarship to Protect Borrowers

    This week, we announced a new partnership between the University of California, Irvine School of Law and SBPC. Our project,…

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  • Testimony & Remarks
    Oct 11, 2018

    Remarks for Press Conference with CA AG Becerra

    Seth Frotman joins Attorney General Becerra and the State of California in demonstrating how to  be a fierce advocate for…

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  • News Clips
    Aug 14, 2018

    Bankruptcy Filer Takes Student Loan Servicer To Court

    Traditionally, in bankruptcy court, any loan with the word “student” associated with it has not been dismissed. New York lawyer,…

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