DOJ enters into consent order with NJ student lending authority to settle claim of alleged SCRA violations

The Department of Justice announced earlier this week that it has entered into a consent order with the New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority (HESAA) to settle the DOJ’s claim that HESAA violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) by obtaining unlawful court judgments against two military servicemembers for amounts owed on student loans. The settlement requires HSEAA to pay $15,000 each to the two servicemembers who had default judgments entered against them, and a...
By: Ballard Spahr LLP

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