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Legal problems, explained in plain English.
For the moment a letter, a bill or a court date shows up. Each guide cites its sources and names who wrote it.
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Accidents and injuries
Should you sign the other insurer’s medical authorization?
What a medical authorization from the other driver’s insurer lets it see, read line by line, and how to narrow it.
Kyle Moore · 6 min readAccidents and injuries
Should you give the adjuster a recorded statement?
You generally don’t owe the other driver’s insurance company a recorded statement. Your own insurance company is different. Here is the line between them.
Mimi Phan · 7 min readAccidents and injuries
Insurance settlement offer too low? How to check it
Read an insurance settlement offer line by line, check it against your own records, and learn what the insurance company has to explain.
Kyle Moore · 8 min readAccidents and injuries
Can you settle a car accident claim without a lawyer?
How a car accident claim works, when you can settle it yourself, and when a lawyer is worth a call.
Kyle Moore · 10 min readImmigration
“Request for Additional Evidence Was Sent”: what it means
Your USCIS case status says a request for evidence was sent. Here is what the line means, what it leaves out, and what to do next.
Matthew LaCrosse · 8 min readImmigration
RFE response cover letter: what to include (with sample)
No rule we found requires a cover letter with an RFE response, but a good one helps. See what goes in it, a sample, and how to pack the response.
Matthew LaCrosse · 6 min readImmigration
I-797C notice of action: what your receipt notice says
What an I-797C notice of action says line by line, how it differs from the other I-797 notices, and what to do next for each kind.
Mimi Phan · 6 min readImmigration
I-864 RFE: what USCIS wants about the sponsor’s income
What a request for evidence on Form I-864 usually asks for: income, household size, tax records, joint sponsors, assets and the deadline.
Matthew LaCrosse · 9 min readImmigration
Got a request for evidence from USCIS? Here’s what it means.
A USCIS request for evidence is not a denial. Here’s what it asks for, how long you have to answer, and how to send one complete RFE response.
Mimi Phan · 8 min readLegal help today
What does this legal letter mean? And which can’t wait
A plain sorter for the letter in your hand: which legal letters start a clock today, which leave more time, and five questions to read any of them.
Matthew LaCrosse · 7 min readLegal help today
Meeting a lawyer? What to bring to the first consultation
A plain checklist of what to bring to a lawyer consultation, by kind of problem, plus what it costs and where free help is.
Kyle Moore · 6 min readDebt and money
Got a letter from a debt collector? Here’s what it means.
What a debt collector letter (a debt validation letter) has to tell you, how long you have to dispute it, and what happens if you don’t.
Kyle Moore · 9 min readHousing
Need to break your lease? What to know before you go.
What breaking a lease early can cost, the legal ways out, what it can do to your credit, and how to leave on good terms.
Kyle Moore · 9 min readWork and pay
Severance agreement: what to check before you sign
What to check in a severance package: what the agreement asks you to give up, the rules at 40 or older, and a sample read clause by clause.
Mimi Phan · 9 min readSmall business
Got a cease and desist letter? What it means
A cease and desist letter is a demand, not a court order. See a sample read line by line, the six common kinds, and the choices you have.
Kyle Moore · 7 min read
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Kyle Moore
Co-founder · Georgia trial attorney
A Marine Corps veteran and Georgia trial attorney since 2013, Kyle brings his courtroom experience to Scribe’s founding team. Licensed in Georgia.
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