Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Navient Corporation et al

  1. March 19, 2020

    Ex-CFPB Expert Didn't Switch Sides For Navient, Report Says

    A former economist at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should not be barred from lending her expertise to Navient Corp. in the bureau's case against the student loan servicing giant because she didn't have substantial knowledge of the investigation before she quit, a special master told a Pennsylvania federal court Thursday.

  2. March 04, 2020

    Navient Says Ex-CFPB Official Wasn't Privy To Case Convos

    Navient Corp. said a former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employee can't be disqualified from offering insights during discovery in the agency's case against the student loan servicing giant, arguing there's been no evidence showing the expert was privy to legal conversations regarding the CFPB's claims.

  3. April 16, 2019

    Navient Gets Green Light To Depose Ex-CFPB Official

    The special master refereeing discovery disputes in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's case against Navient Corp. in Pennsylvania federal court said Tuesday that the student loan servicing giant can go ahead and depose the agency's former student loan ombudsman, but with some caveats.

  4. February 20, 2019

    Navient Quick Win Bid Punted In CFPB Loan Servicing Suit

    A Pennsylvania federal judge punted Wednesday on Navient Corp.'s bid to whittle claims from a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau lawsuit accusing the company of harmful student loan servicing practices, saying the two sides should focus on finishing the discovery process before seeking any quick wins.

  5. January 31, 2019

    Ex-CFPB Official's Navient Depo Fight Sent To Special Master

    A fight over whether Navient Corp. can depose the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's former student loan ombudsman in the agency's suit accusing the student loan servicing giant of harmful practices is headed to a special master, a Pennsylvania federal judge ordered Thursday.

  6. January 17, 2019

    Navient Seeks Quick Win On CFPB's 'Steering' Claims

    Navient Corp. urged a Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday to narrow the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's lawsuit accusing it of harmful federal student loan servicing practices, saying the agency hasn't backed up its allegations that borrowers struggling to make payments were steered into opting for costly quick fixes.

  7. December 05, 2018

    Ex-CFPB Student Loan Official Fights Navient Subpoena

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s former student loan ombudsman who resigned in protest has moved to block Navient Corp. from deposing him in the agency’s suit against the student loan servicing giant, saying that he’s legally barred from testifying “even if he wanted to spill the beans about privileged and confidential matters arising from his government service.”

  8. October 10, 2018

    Navient Asks For Special Master In CFPB Discovery Row

    Navient Corp. told a Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been withholding documents in the agency's suit over the company's student loan servicing practices and ought to have a special master check over its work.

  9. August 10, 2018

    Navient Ordered To Produce DOE Borrower Docs For CFPB

    A Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's lawsuit against Navient Corp. ruled Friday that the student loan servicer must produce certain U.S. Department of Education-owned borrower documents in its possession that the agency has been trying to get ahold of.

  10. August 06, 2018

    CFPB Says Navient Withholding Docs In Loan Servicing Suit

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau accused Navient Solutions Inc. of throwing up roadblocks and providing incomplete information in the bureau's suit over the company's student loan servicing practices and it is asking a Pennsylvania federal judge to make the company release more documents.