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USA Today: Collection agencies can buy debt from creditors, can sue for money | Fact check
Prof. Dalié Jiménez told USA TODAY: “There’s nothing illegal about selling debts to collection agencies – or debt buyers as they would more accurately be called if they’re buying,” she wrote in an email. “(It) happens to probably most debts that go unpaid.”
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UCI Law Professor Dalié Jiménez Awarded Funds to Study Student Loan Interventions and Debt Collection Practices
IRVINE, Calif. (Jan 9, 2024) — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is pleased to announce that Professor Dalié Jiménez is the lead principal investigator on a project that was awarded $200,000 by the California Collaborative for Pandemic Recovery and Readiness Research (CPR3) to study the effects of pandemic-related interventions on…
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Marketplace: Federal student loan payments have restarted. More than a third of borrowers missed the first one (Audio)
Dalié Jiménez, director of UCI’s Student Loan Law Initiative, says that resuming student loan payments will add mounting pressure for borrowers.
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USA Today: Biden promised to make student loan forgiveness in bankruptcy court easier. But has he?
Prof. Dalié Jiménez comments that despite the changes, it’s deemed premature for the administration to assert success, with her remark, “I do think that it’s better than it was before, but that was a very low bar.”
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Inside Higher Ed: Frustration Mounts Over Biden’s Latest Debt Relief Plans
Prof. Dalié Jiménez, Director of the Student Loan Law Initiative, comments on Biden’s latest student debt relief plans.
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USA Today: Cancel student loan debt for those with income under $71K, researchers to tell Biden panel
Researchers make the suggestion in a report published by the University of California’s Student Loan Law Initiative.
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The New York Times: Wall Street’s Most Hated Regulator Faces a Fundamental Threat
Prof. Dalié Jiménez was quoted on the Fifth Circuit’s ruling last year that vacated a CFPB rule on payday lending that cast doubt over a vast swath of its regulations.
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AirTalk with Larry Mantle: The Biden Administration’s New Student Loan Repayment Plan–How It Works And How Much Will People Save?
LISTEN: UCI Law Prof. Dalié Jiménez joined AirTalk with Larry Mantle to discuss the new repayment plan called SAVE.
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Bloomberg Law: Navient Settlement Spotlights Overlooked Student Loan Discharges
Prof. Jiménez was quoted in Bloomberg Law on federal and private loans regarding the Navient Settlement and student loan discharges
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Slate: MAGA SCOTUS Is Back
Prof. Jiménez spoke on Slate podcast “Amicus with Dahlia Lithwick” about the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan
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LAist: Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden Student Loan Forgiveness Program, Limits LGBTQ Protections In Favor Of Web DesignerLAist:
Prof. Jiménez spoke to LAist AirTalk about the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan
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MarketWatch / MorningStar: The company at the center of financial-aid disbursement has left investors with losses and college kids with questionable fees
Prof. Jiménez comments in MarketWatch on the potential risks of college-endorsed financial deals for students
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Wort Radio: SCOTUS Cases Explained: Student Debt Forgiveness
Prof. Jiménez, Director of the Student Loan Law Initiative, discusses student debt forgiveness on Wort Radio with David Nahmias from UCB Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice
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Media Advisory: At UCI Law, CFPB Director Rohit Chopra to Deliver Remarks on Ensuring Fair Dealing in Financial Markets
IRVINE, Calif. (March 30, 2023) — On Monday, April 3, the University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) will host Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra for virtual remarks highlighting the Bureau’s past work to address illegal conduct in the marketplace. Director Chopra’s remarks will also focus on how the CFPB analyzes the standards of fair dealing…
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Business Insider: Why student-loan borrowers probably don’t need to worry about a major lender’s lawsuit to end the payment pause
Prof. Dalié Jiménez talked to Insider about the student-loan lender SoFi filing a lawsuit to end the student-loan payment pause
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Bloomberg Law: Potential Plan B for Biden Student Loan Relief Messy, Untested
Prof. Dalié Jiménez was quoted in Bloomberg Law column by Lydia Wheeler on potential Plan B for President Biden’s student loan relief
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USA Today: Plan B to cancel student loan debt? The White House won’t go there even as pressure mounts
Prof. Dalié Jiménez was quoted in USA Today on potential outcomes of the Supreme Court’s decision regarding President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan
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Bloomberg Law: Biden Loan Forgiveness Has Narrow Path to Victory Via Standing
Prof. Dalié Jiménez was quoted in Bloomberg Law on President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan
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Business Insider: The case to block Biden’s student-loan forgiveness keeps getting weaker, legal experts say
Prof. Dalié Jiménez was quoted in Business Insider on President Biden’s legal defense regarding the student loan forgiveness plan
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Business Insider: Why 2 law professors who think Biden’s student-loan forgiveness is illegal believe the GOP-led states that blocked the debt relief ‘utterly lack standing’
Prof. Dalié Jiménez was quoted in Business Insider on President Biden’s student-loan forgiveness plan
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Inside Higher Ed: HEROES Act at Center of Debt-Relief Legal Fight
Prof. Dalié Jiménez was quoted in Inside Higher Ed on the HEROES Act and Biden’s student debt-relief plan
