Urges the Fifth Circuit to uphold the U.S. Department of Education’s student loan discharge authority and other protections for borrowers harmed by predatory institutions. Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum has joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general in filing an amicus... View Article
AG Rosenblum joins 19 attorneys general in calling for further protections when student loan payments resume in October Over 40 million borrowers are set to resume making payments beginning October 1, following a three-and-a-half-year pandemic-related payment pause. In that time, a... View Article
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today announced a $1.85 billion settlement with 39 state Attorneys General with Navient, one of the nation’s largest student loan servicers, that resolves allegations of widespread unfair and deceptive student loan servicing practices and abuses.... View Article
Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today filed an application with the U.S. Department of Education asking for the cancellation of federal student loan debt for thousands of former students, including an unspecified number of Oregonians, who attended ITT Technical Institute. AG Rosenblum... View Article
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today joined a coalition of 23 state Attorneys General in a lawsuit against U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and the U.S. Department of Education (ED) challenging their action repealing the 2016 “borrower defense” regulations for... View Article
At the urging of Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and a bipartisan group of 29 state Attorneys General, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced today that she will extend closed school discharge to a small number of former Dream Center... View Article
Ask to Extend “Closed School Discharge” for Art Institute of Portland Students and Other Schools Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison today led a bipartisan coalition of 30 state Attorneys General requesting that U.S. Department... View Article
Next Tuesday, May 14, 2019 Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum will host the second national symposium on the student debt crisis in Portland, Oregon. The symposium entitled “The Student Debt Crisis: Lives on Hold”, will include four panels featuring national... View Article
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, legislators, and consumer advocates will hold a press conference on Monday, February 25, 2019 at the Oregon State Capitol in support of HB 2258 and SB 279, legislation that will institute better protections for student... View Article
The Oregon House today passed the Attorney General’s bill designed to help Oregon’s students and their families better understand their education related debt obligations. The proposed legislation, Senate Bill 253, would require Oregon colleges and universities to send students annual,... View Article
