Oct 8, 2009
Law Firm’s Debt Collection Review Violated Federal Act, Judge Says
A law firm that mass-produced collection letters and litigation documents violated the federal debt collection act in a matter it filed a decade ago, a New York federal judge has ruled. The judge found supporting evidence for the conclusion that collection letter and litigation documents were “regularly” produced in volume “by non-lawyers at the push of a button.” Upton, Cohen & Slamowitz — now known as Cohen & Slamowitz — had not decided as of Wednesday whether to appeal, an attorney for the firm said.