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Debt
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The Debt Lawyers Blog
The Rising Tide of Student Loan Debt: A Looming Crisis
In a recent article, the complex world of student tuition was explored, shedding light on how colleges deliberately inflate tuition levels to create an illusion of prestige. This approach, while…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
MEPs adopt new rules to protect consumers from taking on too much debt
By Simon Lovegrove (UK), Matthew Gregory (UK)
On 12 September 2023, the European Parliament announced that MEPs have adopted a proposed new directive on consumer credits. The new directive on consumer credits, already agreed between Parliament and…
Sentencing Law and Policy
"Debt Sentence: How Fines and Fees Hurt Working Families"
The title of this post is the title of this new report from the the Wilson Center for Science and Justice and the Fines and Fees Justice Center. Here is…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
FCA reminds borrowers struggling to meet payments that help is available from lenders
By Simon Lovegrove (UK), Anita Edwards
On 17 May 2023, the FCA published selected statistics from its latest Financial Lives cost of living survey, carried out over the six months to January 2023, to give an…
PrawfsBlawg
A Reply to Steve: Lost and Found in Translation
Main Sunday, May 14, 2023A Reply to Steve: Lost and Found in TranslationI admit that when I read the title of Steve's post below, I assumed it would be about…
PrawfsBlawg
Debt Validity vs. Devaluation
Main Thursday, May 04, 2023Debt Validity vs. DevaluationTo build on my post from yesterday, why don't people think that the debt devaluation in the 1930s was a default? Here are…
PrawfsBlawg
American Default
Main Wednesday, May 03, 2023American DefaultThis is the title of an excellent book about the devaluation of the dollar in the 1930s. The logic of the title goes something like…
Financial Freedom & Debt Resolution Blog
California Authorizes Retain And Pay For Automobiles In Bankruptcy
By Norma Duenas
NEW PROTECTION FOR DEBTORS WITH VEHICLE LOANS Recent California law changes have given all Debtors who file bankruptcy in California the option to retain and pay on their vehicle loans…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
CFPB Publishes New Findings on Financial Profiles of Buy Now, Pay Later Borrowers
By Eamonn Moran (US), Stephen Aschettino (US)
On March 2, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a new report analyzing the financial profiles of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) borrowers. While the report finds that…
TaxSlaw
George Washington on Debt and Taxes
By Louis Vlahos
On Monday, February 20, we celebrate the birthday of George Washington.[i] We honor this extraordinary individual who, in 1775, was unanimously selected by the otherwise fractious Continental Congress as the…