Here is a report on the pain involved in satisfying the "undue hardship" standard for discharging student loans in bankruptcy and here is a story about the case Scott Michelman blogged about earlier this week addressing debt collector liability for misleading borrowers about the dischargeability of student loans.
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That is seem a new issue,in Finland most of the issue in loan are mostly the debt collector and the risk of taking loan,well this is quite nice info that i learn so much.
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collector liability for misleading borrowers about the dischargeability of student loans.
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