Filing for Chapter 13 bankruptcy can provide a structured path to manage overwhelming debts, but it's important to understand how this process affects student loans. While Chapter ...

The Education Department’s move to resume collections on millions of student loans after a five-year pause sets the stage to ...

The Department of Education restarts collections of loans in default on Monday, putting millions of borrowers at risk of ...

Federal student loans go into default after ... can only be discharged if a borrower meets certain specific criteria. For some borrowers, this is possible if they’ve declared bankruptcy and ...

When a car accident nearly killed Davina Rush’s son three years ago, forcing her to leave her job and become his full-time ...

An Ashburn financial scammer was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison for fraud after federal prosecutors say he duped ...

Student loan borrowers facing financial distress increasingly turn to a once-overlooked legal strategy—bankruptcy—to protect ...

For borrowers who are facing severe financial stress, it’s also possible to discharge loans in bankruptcy if they ... year-old from Pittsburgh, took it after just six months on the job.

Corbman indicated to his clients that he was unable to repay the loans due to unanticipated trading losses, according to prosecutors. Corbman ultimately filed for bankruptcy, seeking to discharge ...