Washington, D.C. New Jersey Citizen Action, The Center for Responsible Lending, the Student Borrower Protection Center the Pennsylvania Senior Law Center and the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed an amicus brief today in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro's lawsuit against Navient Corporation, one of the nation's largest student loan servicers. The brief focused on the impact of improper student loan servicing practices on student borrowers, particularly seniors and borrowers of color, and argues that the Higher Education Act (HEA) does not broadly preempt state law regulation of federal student loan servicers based on misrepresentation claims. In the case, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v.