Entries by Ken Gibert

Sample Deposition One

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Econ 101 or What Happens when the Bills Come Due

I believe it is a fundamental, unchanging law: there are no free lunches in life or nature. What gets bought must be paid for, eventually, by someone.Members at Your Legal Leg Up know very well that that law applies to daily personal purchasing decisions, and many have paid very steep prices indeed. But it also […]

Jubilee for Student Debt

There is a movement – in its very early stages – for a debt jubilee. You may not have heard of it, but it has some people very worried. And I think there’s a good chance it will come to pass. Soon. This is the second of a series of articles on a continuing political […]

Motions in Limine

Motions in Limine are pre-trial motions that serve a specific purpose. That is, they are motions designed to preview issues regarding whether certain evidence will be allowed (“admissible”) for the trial and under what circumstances it would or will be admitted. Typically, a court’s final pretrial order will set the time limit and schedule for […]

Service Call Scam Warning

I am publishing this warning which came from the Federal Trade Commission because scams like this are an opening to ID theft and an endless list of difficulties. Falling for this scam can eventually get you sued by the debt collectors. It can also get you put onto a “sucker list,” which is a list […]

The Beginning of a Debt Lawsuit

Start of Suit There are some issues more likely to come up early in the case than at other times. For help with this sort of issue, take a look at the videos and articles below. Debt Collector Dirty Trick–to Trick You into Defaulting  Video. Sometimes, for various reasons, a debt collector will tell you […]

Stating Attorney Fees in Petition – Probably FDCPA Violation

It used to be common for debt collectors to name a specific amount of attorney’s fees in their Petition when suing on a debt. In other words, there will be an amount stated (specified) as reasonable attorney’s fees and sought as part of the debt in the “wherefore” clause of the Petition. The question is, […]