by Dennis Beaver | discrimination, employment, prison
March 7, 2015 • By Dennis Beaver Care to guess the population of Houston, Texas? Here’s a hint: The same number of people are in U.S. prisons, about 2.2 million, and that is a world record. That’s right, our country has more people in prison than any other, according...
by Dennis Beaver | business, medicine, scam
April 20, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver I am the CEO of a service of process and investigation firm in the South and would appreciate your guidance with a frustrating problem. “Process servers and investigators have sedentary jobs. We sit a lot, waiting for someone to...
by Dennis Beaver | employment
May 22, 2010 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver For readers who are on medication for high blood pressure – especially anyone who has ever worked in a restaurant – it might be a good idea to have extra tablets handy before reading today’s...
by Dennis Beaver | business, consumer, employment, identification
June 7, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver Readers who enjoy classic American films will recognize the headline of this article as a line from “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” (1948), starring Humphrey Bogart. A similar remark was used in “Blazing...
by Dennis Beaver | background checks, employment
February 28, 2015 • By Dennis Beaver “Over my 25 years of family practice in California’s Central Valley, I’ve always trusted my intuition when making a hiring decision. With two front-office employees retiring, we will soon start searching for replacements. “In this...
by Dennis Beaver | dui - drunk driving
March 14, 2015 • By Dennis Beaver Today’s story will be of special interest to families where mom and dad are financially successful and in a world where parents give their children all the “right” things that money can buy, including designer clothing, attending a...
by Dennis Beaver | AI, AI - Artificial Intelligence, attorney fees, clients, liability
The article about lawyers billing clients for hours of work that AI did in seconds generated quite a response. One law firm even called a staff meeting to say that they’re exploring how to address the issue. The other angle of the article — lawyers’...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, lawyers
December 21, 2013 • By Dennis Beaver HANFORD — Over the years, two small law firms in this town have generated more questions from readers about attorney fees and billing practices than any other we have seen, and this column has reviewed bills from across the...
by Dennis Beaver | investment, lawyers
July 27, 2013 • By Dennis Beaver “I have been reading your column for years in The Sentinel, and what makes You and the Law so popular is that you tell it like it is, care about the people who contact you and provide common-sense guidance. That’s why I am writing now,...
by Dennis Beaver | education
December 03, 2011 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Is there a window of opportunity — an age or grade level in school — where a kid headed for trouble has what will likely be the last chance to be helped and steered in the right direction? Hanford School...
