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by lupire 1882 days ago
The goal of regulation is compliance. Especially for new laws where the meaning may be unclear. Since the permanent harm is minimal (anyone who didn't know their loan was dischargeable, now knows and can discharge it), the informational update solves the problem.

Obviously if the defendant did not agree to comply with the law, there would be no settlement and the case would be pursued further.