Nov. 6, 2024
3 colleges can't intervene in $6B student-government settlement
The case stems from a 2022 settlement discharging debt from 200,000 borrowers who attended one of more than 200 schools. One of the intervenors said the settlement was a scheme to create the type of loan-cancellation program the Supreme Court held unlawful.
A divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel has rejected an attempt by three for-profit colleges to cancel a $6 billion settlement reached between students and the federal government.
The case stems from a 2022 settlement discharging debt from 200,000 borrowers who attended one of more than 200 schools. The U. S. Department of Education also agreed to expedite decisions for another 64,000 class members who attended schools not on that list.
Jesse Panuccio, a partne...
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