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Non-Judicial Foreclosure Enforcement Not Subject to Full Requirements of FDCPA

In a victory for secured creditors and the law firms representing them, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a circuit split and unanimously held in Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP that law firms enforcing non-judicial foreclosure remedies are not subject to the full provisions of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), but have only limited liability under Section 1692f(6) as businesses “the principal purpose of which is enforcement of security interests.”

Cecily Barclay - Real Estate & Land Use

Cecily Barclay focuses her practice on land use and entitlements, real estate acquisition and development and local government law.

Perkins Coie Launches the TechVenture Index™

The Perkins Coie TechVenture Index™ provides historical data beginning with Q1 2002 and is updated quarterly.

Caveat Emptor: Debt Buyers Beware!

Companies whose primary business purpose is to collect debts—whether or not they actually participate in the debt collection activities—suffered a setback recently.

Ramsey Al-Salam - Intellectual Property & Patent Litigation

Ramsey Al-Salam has been litigating intellectual property disputes for decades, with a particular emphasis on patent, trade secret and trademark cases.

Perkins Coie’s Third Augmented and Virtual Reality Survey Shows Surging Hopes for Immersive Technology

Higher Ed Admissions Scrutiny—The Road Ahead

The wave of federal charges against some fifty individuals for college admissions fraud and testing bribery schemes caught numerous universities and much of the United States by surprise.

SEC Staff Relaxes Certain In-Person Board Voting Requirements for Registered Investment Companies

The SEC’s Division of Investment Management has relaxed certain in-person voting requirements for fund boards, subject to certain conditions, in a no-action letter to the Independent Directors Council (the IDC) issued on February 28, 2019.

Autonomous Vehicle Survey Report

Executives from the tech and auto industries, as well as regulators, say consumer perceptions are the top impediment to industry expansion.

Good News for New Tech: Panel Recommends DOD IT Acquisition Reform

As IT companies have known for years, the U.S. government regularly acquires inferior technology, often slowly and at high prices. 

Reminder of Steps Employers Must Take When Requesting Credit or Background Reports

The federal Fair Credit Reporting Act applies to employers who obtain “consumer reports” from a “consumer reporting agency” for employment purposes.

More Reasons to Register Copyrights Early: Owners Must Register Before They Sue

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC, 586 U.S. __ (2019), issued March 4, 2019, resolves a longstanding circuit split regarding whether the Copyright Act of 1976 allows a copyright owner to file an infringement suit as soon as a copyright application has been filed or instead requires the owner to wait to initiate suit until the U.S. Copyright Office has acted on the application.