Student Loans
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Tax Law
An Analysis Of A Possible Court Challenge To President Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan And Who Has Standing To Sue
Few would disagree that forgiving student loans for 43 million Americans would have a vast economic impact. -
Law Schools
Not Even Superheroes Can Escape Their Law School Loans
Does Biden's loan forgiveness extend to the Marvel Universe? - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Tax Law
President Biden Finally Announces Student Loan Forgiveness
For some, the forgiveness will not make a serious dent on their overall balance but something is better than nothing.
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Law Schools
Worried About Law School Student Loan Repayment? You're Not The Only One.
The government is really getting down to the wire here. -
Law Schools
Young Attorney Has $347,000 In Student Loan Debt, No Job, And Lives On Welfare
If $10,000 of his loans were forgiven as President Joe Biden proposed, it will not change things for him. -
Law Schools
Former Students Of 4 Law Schools Will Have Their Loans Forgiven Under The Borrower's Defense Program (And There Is Still Time To Apply)
If their applications do not receive a response within the designated time frame, their loans will be forgiven automatically. -
Law Schools
Biglaw Associate Isn't Sure Biden's Student Loan Cancellation Will Make Much Of A Difference For Lawyers
This isn't going to have much of an impact for lawyers drowning in debt. -
Tax Law
What Would Republicans Want To See In A Student Loan Forgiveness Bill?
A viable student loan forgiveness bill will need to have some bipartisan support. - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Law Schools
Don’t Let Student Loans Scare You Away From Taking Vacations
Debt should not be a barrier to taking vacations so long as people are financially responsible about it. -
Law Schools
Republicans Introduce Bill To Stop Biden From Forgiving Student Loans
One of its sponsors cites law school debt as an example of why forgiveness would be unfair to 'average Americans.' -
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Government
I Already Paid Off My Student Loans, And I'm Fine With A Student Loan Bailout
Paying off student loans was a great source of pride for me. A student loan bailout would not take this accomplishment away from me or anyone else who paid off their student debt. -
Government
Student Loan Forgiveness Should Come With Conditions
If the government is serious about forgiving student loan debt, it should not do so with no questions asked.
Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Law Schools
Drowning In Debt? You Might Be A Graduate Of One Of These Law Schools
The law schools with the most heavily indebted graduates. -
Finance
Gerontocrats Who’ve Already Raised Their Families, Made Their Fortunes, Keep Pulling The Ladder Up Behind Them
Wisdom comes from experience. But not automatically. -
Tax Law
The Student Loan Moratorium Has Been Extended Yet Again. Why?
The Biden administration’s latest student loan moratorium extension kicks the can for another four months for ambiguous reasons. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.06.22
* Veteran police officer resigned after it went public that he didn’t think Hitler was all that bad. Come on now, Amazon does better background checks than this. [HuffPost]
* Biden is freezing student loan payments till August 31st. Cheers to him delaying them to February 30th. [NY Times]
* Some turbulence along the way: man faces federal charges after joining the mile high club by himself four times. [FOX]
* King Zuck guarantees that his words will be part of some future employment lawsuit, admitting his underlings call him the “Eye of Sauron.” I, for one, welcome our Dark Overlords. [Consequence]
* For anyone else who’s been playing Ketanji Brown Jackson Bingo, please check off Godwin’s law. [Mediaite]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.31.22
* Texan student who was threatened with being given a failing grade for not reciting the Pledge of Allegiance earns a lot of lunch money. Gotta love the 1st Amendment. [Chron]
* Facebook and Apple were so deferential to cops that they gave sensitive information to kids pretending to be them. What happened to two-factor authentication? [Dudes Code]
* Loan company hit with a million-dollar fine for misleading its clients about loan forgiveness. Stop playing with people’s money! [Business Insider]
* Pentagon drops a 700+ list of places named after members of the Confederacy they’re considering renaming. About time we stopped handing out participation trophies to the pro-slavery people. [Military]
* Tennessee is trying to overturn Obergefell. See what you’ve started now, Texas? [LBGTQNation]
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Law Schools
Now Might Be The Best Time To Apply For Borrower Defense To Obtain Full Student Loan Discharge
Anyone who can prove that their school misled them regarding post-graduate employment prospects and suffered financial harm as a result could be eligible for relief. -
Government
The Student Loan Moratorium Is Likely To Be Extended Again Because Of Politics
If there is another moratorium, chances are it will last until early 2023. And then what?