May 21, 2024
The U.S. Department of Education has asked the full Fifth Circuit to reconsider a recent preliminary injunction a three-judge panel ordered blocking changes to a program providing student loan forgiveness to borrowers defrauded by higher education institutions. It said the panel wrongly held that the department doesn't have the authority to determine whether a borrower has a valid defense to repayment.
April 05, 2024
The Fifth Circuit has ordered a preliminary injunction blocking the Biden administration's changes to a program providing student loan forgiveness to borrowers defrauded by higher education institutions, finding that the plaintiff representing for-profit colleges demonstrated a likelihood of suffering irreparable harm without the injunction.
October 11, 2023
A coalition of 23 states is urging the Fifth Circuit to uphold the Biden administration's changes to a program that allows student borrowers to have their loans forgiven when they are defrauded by higher education institutions, writing that ruling in favor of a regulatory group that challenged the rule would "be profoundly inefficient and waste taxpayer resources."