Student borrowers with certain types of private loans inched closer to being able to discharge that debt in bankruptcy after a New York court ruling.
On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit sided with student debtor Hilal Homaidan against student loan giant Navient (NAVI), which had argued that private student loans could not be erased under the existing bankruptcy laws.
A three-judge panel determined that certain private student loans can be discharged in certain cases…
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