General Default Judgment Didn’t Satisfy Requirements of Issue Preclusion, Circuit Says
If the complaint was properly plead, a general default judgment might invoke issue preclusion to bar discharge of a debt.
All Private Student Loans Are Not Excepted from Discharge, Second Circuit Holds
No circuit split: The Second Circuit agrees with the Fifth and Tenth Circuits that only a subset of private student loans is automatically nondischargeable.
Maryland Decision Shows the Hardship Imposed on Debtors by Student Loans
Judge Harner does the best she can to ease the burden imposed on a debtor by student loans.