Recent Developments in the Student Loan Sector

Arnold & Porter’s Structured Finance & Derivatives team invites you to the first in a series of webinars on key topics in the structured finance and derivatives space. In this session, a cross-practice panel of speakers will discuss recent developments in the student loan sector.

Topics

• Federal initiatives on student loan repayment in both federal and private loan markets
• Student loan forgiveness and forbearance in student loan warehouse lending and securitization
• Payment suspensions and borrower confusion in student loan servicing
• Operational and legal concerns for third-party student loan servicers
• Potential Biden Administration and congressional action on student loan forgiveness proposals and their effect on the student loan sector
• Increased state and federal supervisory and enforcement focus on student loan servicing
• Congress' potential nullification of the OCC's True Lender rule
• Dischargeability of student loans in bankruptcy

• Application of the "undue hardship" standard
• Judicial trends
• Proposed legislative reforms

• Exclusion for certain employer payments of student loans under the CARES Act
• Exclusion for student loan forgiveness under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021