Student loans are in the news. Nearly everyone either has, or knows someone with, a student loan obligation, and growing numbers of borrowers are in some form of default or forbearance. Student loan ...

A student loan borrower, Thelma McCoy, petitioned the Court to have nearly $350,000 of student loans discharged after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that her student loans could not be ...

Filing for bankruptcy has allowed millions of Americans to walk away from credit card debt, car loans, and even unpaid medical bills. But there are two kinds of debt that are difficult to discharge in ...

POUGHKEEPSIE — A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge on Wednesday authored a stunning decision that may make it easier for student loan borrowers to file for bankruptcy. Cecelia G. Morris, chief bankruptcy ...

Did a 2004 Cardozo law graduate-turned hiking guide just make it significantly easier for other J.D.s drowning in debt to discharge their student loans? Stay tuned. Bankruptcy experts are buzzing over ...