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Bill Proposes Ban on Tuition Clawbacks in Bankruptcy

05/12/15
Reuters/Joshua Roberts

A federal lawmaker is proposing to ban bankruptcy trustees from trying to claw back tuition money from universities and, in some cases, college students themselves—a legal maneuver that

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The Examiners: Universities’ Sweet Student Loan Deal Must End

05/12/15

Should the bankruptcy code be amended to make it easier for borrowers to seek forgiveness of student loan debt through a bankruptcy filing?

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The Examiners: Fix the Root Problem—Rising Education Costs

05/12/15

Should the bankruptcy code be amended to make it easier for borrowers to seek forgiveness of student loan debt through a bankruptcy filing?

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The Examiners: There’s No Easy Solution on Student Loans

05/12/15

Should the bankruptcy code be amended to make it easier for borrowers to seek forgiveness of student loan debt through a bankruptcy filing?

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Patriot Coal Is Back in Bankruptcy

05/12/15

Patriot Coal Corp. is in “active negotiations” with an unnamed strategic buyer, hoping for a deal to aid it out of bankruptcy. The Wall Street Journal has the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Examiners: Student Debt Could Be Next Bubble, But Shouldn’t be Addressed by Bankruptcy Reform

05/11/15

Should the bankruptcy code be amended to make it easier for borrowers to seek forgiveness of student loan debt through a bankruptcy filing?

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Fresh Produce Buyer Plans to Save More Than Half of Stores

05/11/15

The Fresh Produce retail chain, which sells colorful, roomy women’s clothing that one can classify as “tourist wear,” has found a buyer who promised to keep more than half of its 27 stores alive.

In court papers, Fresh Produce officials said that an entity called Blue Stripe LLC is preparing to buy all but 12 stores out of bankruptcy protection.

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The Examiners: Student Loan Debate is More Complex Than Bankruptcy Question

05/11/15

Should the bankruptcy code be amended to make it easier for borrowers to seek forgiveness of student loan debt through a bankruptcy filing?

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The Examiners: Discharge Private Student Loans, But Federal Loans Have Safety Net

05/11/15

Should the bankruptcy code be amended to make it easier for borrowers to seek forgiveness of student loan debt through a bankruptcy filing?

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Cravath’s Levin to Join Jenner & Block

05/11/15

Richard Levin, who founded Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP’s restructuring practice eight years ago, is changing firms as he approaches the firm’s retirement age.

Mr. Levin, 64, plans to join Chicago’s Jenner & Block next week to help build the firm’s two-partner New York restructuring practice, focused on representing creditors, debtors and trustees in bankruptcies and debt restructurings. Cravath enforces a retirement age of 65.

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