A law firm primarily engaged in debt collection can’t rely on attorney-client privilege to withhold documents in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act class action, a federal judge in Buffalo has held.

Western District Magistrate Judge Leslie Foschio (See Profile) held for the plaintiffs in a discovery motion, directing Cohen & Slamowitz of Woodbury and Marine Funding to turn over a service agreement and firm manual in Hallmark v. Cohen & Slamowitz, 11-cv-842.

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