SCOTUS Issues Obduskey Opinion: Law Firm Engaged in Non-Judicial Foreclosure Is Not Subject to the FDCPA — Unless It Engages In Activities That Would Otherwise Qualify It As A Debt Collector
In Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus, LLP, the SCOTUS issued its opinion finding that a law firm engaged in non-judicial foreclosure was not a “debt collector” under the FDCPA. We post below from the SCOTUS’ syllabus. Law firm McCarthy & Holthus LLP was hired to carry out a nonjudicial foreclosure on a Colorado home owned by petitioner Dennis Obdus- key. McCarthy sent… Read More