July 28, 2017

Navient class action case: FAQs

The following is a list of frequently asked questions—and answers—about the nationwide putative class action suit that Jones Swanson and co-counsel have filed against Navient. This list includes information that can help student-loan debtors determine whether they may be potential clients in this case. It also includes information about what will happen as this case…

July 27, 2017

National class action gets relief for student borrowers from Navient’s collection calls

For years, Michael Shahbazi’s phone has often rung numerous times a day with calls from the nation’s largest educational loan servicing company, Navient, pressing him for payments on his student loan. In 2011, Mr. Shahbazi filed for bankruptcy, and yet still the calls continued. Navient has also called his…

November 10, 2016

Supreme Court addresses pleading and proof requirements one more time

On March 27, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court took what could be a landmark action. While the rest of the country’s eye were turned to the oral arguments that day on the constitutionality of DOMA in the case of United States v. Windsor, the Court took a less heralded but…

June 27, 2016

Six questions regarding Brexit

Brexit: What now? Citizens of the United Kingdom shocked the world last Thursday when they voted to leave the European Union. Overnight, global markets tanked, London lost its place as the financial gateway to the EU, and international trade treaties were thrown into doubt. Now, legal and financial experts all…