Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Refunds Borrowers Who Paid During Pause
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Biden to Cancel Up to $10,000 in Student Debt for Most Borrowers
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Fifth Circuit Holds that Surety Bonds Are Not Executory Contracts
The Fifth Circuit said in dicta that courts might apply the ‘functional approach’ rather than the Countryman test in deciding whether a triangular contract is executory.
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First Circuit BAP Limits the Student Loan ‘Borrower Defense’
The First Circuit BAP suggests that invocation of the borrower defense with regard to dischargeability of student loans requires exhaustion of administrative remedies in the Department of Education.
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Ninth Circuit Invited to Sit En Banc Regarding Dischargeability of Disciplinary Costs
The Ninth Circuit again questions the Supreme Court’s ‘atextual’ analysis of Section 523(a)(7).
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Caymans Recognized as the ‘COMI’ for a Property Company Operating in China
A country that was ineligible to host a nonmain foreign proceeding was nonetheless held to have the foreign main proceeding.
A Judgment for Punitive Damages Might Not Support Nondischargeability Automatically
Jury instructions and a special verdict form can determine whether issue preclusion automatically results in nondischargeability.
Democratic Lawmakers Ask Biden to Extend Student Loan Payment Pause
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