Student Loan Servicing Challenges in the COVID-19 Context and Beyond: Navigating New Constraints on Debt Collectors and Ensuring the Viability of the Industry

September 23, 2020 10:15am

Keith S. Anderson
Partner
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (Birmingham, AL)

Vaishali S. Rao
Partner
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP (Chicago, IL)

Paul H. Schieber
Shareholder
Stevens & Lee P.C. (Valley Forge, PA)

  • Stay up to date on student loan-related class actions and enforcement activity under the FDCPA over the past year
  • Learn about efforts by state legislatures around the country to grant state regulators oversight of student loan servicing entities
  • Explore servicing challenges specific to private student loans, which are not subject to interest waivers or payment deferrals that apply to federal student loans under the CARES Act
  • Anticipate disputes among lenders, servicers, governments, and borrowers in the private student loan space in and post-pandemic
  • Engage in dialogue about the future of the student loan industry amid growing attention to student debt in electoral campaigns