CFPB Adopts Strict Liability Standard for Debt Collectors Who Sue or …

On January 19, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published its final debt collection rules in the Federal Register, including 12 C.F.R. § 1006.26(b), which prohibits collections of time-barred debt. Under the new rules, collectors who sue or threaten to sue consumers for time-bar

Recent Amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure

Secured Claims: Amended Rule 3002 (a) provides that a secured creditor is now required to file a proof of claim for chapter 7, 12 and 13 cases to have an allowed secured claim and be eligible to receive distributions from the estate. Failing to file a proof of claim, alone, will not cause the voiding of the security interest or lien.

Five Common Misconceptions About Law School – Voices at Temple

In your academics before law school, final grades were a culmination of class participation, papers, mid-terms, and finals. You always had an idea of where you stood in class and what you needed to do to pass. Law school is different. There are no mid-terms or smaller assignments for grades. Class participation does not count.

[PDF] Law School Code of Student Conduct

3 b) Five Faculty members from which the three (3) Committee members will be drawn shall be elected by the Faculty as a whole at the conclusion of the Spring semester.

US Emergency Law Backers Decry Idaho’s Near-Total Abortion Ban

The Supreme Court will hear arguments at the end of April about whether a federal emergency care law supersedes Idaho’s near-total abortion ban. Dean Rebouche and co-authors David S. Cohen and Greer Donley have filed a brief arguing that it does and calling on the Court to overrule Dobbs.

[PDF] Student Loan Options Chart – Temple University Beasley School of Law

For example, one of the private loan interest rates range from Prime rate + 0.74% to Prime rate + 6.24% .The Prime rate is currently at 4.25%, this means that the interest rate on the loan can be as low as 4.99% or as high as 10.49% Fees 1.057% Federal Origination Fee 4.228% Federal Origination Fee Between 0%-6% fees.