by Dennis Beaver | lawyers
November 27, 2010 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver There’s an old saying: You can’t pick your family or your neighbors. Most of us have a family member who is a bit strange and perhaps neighbors who once in a while are a bother, with barking...
by Dennis Beaver | lawyers, trusts
March 8, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver Short of immediately firing your lawyer, just what should you do when promised a return call, or that your matter “Will be taken care of,” but it doesn’t ever happen? Or, stated differently, when is “yes” really a “no?” Julie wrote,...
by Dennis Beaver | business, insurance, insurance claim, weather
March 17, 2023 • By Dennis Beaver The ferocious storms that continue to pummel California and much of the nation have resulted in massive insurance claims by thousands of business and property owners. Often, this is the first time they have ever been faced with filing...
by Dennis Beaver | bank, fraud, technology
June 26, 2018 • By Dennis Beaver For anyone who does online banking–especially from a cell phone–then today’s story has relevant, important information. Now, imagine logging in to see if a check deposited earlier that day had cleared, only to discover that your...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, false advertising, technology
January 25, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver Have you purchased a pair of walkie-talkies which claimed in bold, large print on the package a range of anywhere from 6 to 50 miles, taken them home, charged the batteries and then discovered that these radios barely let you talk a...
by Dennis Beaver | dui - drunk driving, lawyers
June 30, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Today’s story will be great news if you are personally facing or know someone dealing with a charge of DUI, or anyone who had a conviction in the past, never got the message and keeps on driving drunk. The...
by Dennis Beaver | fraud, insurance
June 24, 2006 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver The restaurant business is difficult on a good day, and frustrating on a bad day. When we walk into an IHOP, Denny’s, Sizzler or any of the major chains, most of us leave with a positive feeling, having...
by Dennis Beaver | author, discrimination, politics
March 19, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver Following the end of World War II and the collapse of Hitler’s Germany, Americans were convinced that our way of life — our democracy — would make it impossible for what happened there to ever occur here. But take a...
by Dennis Beaver | contracts
August 23, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Judd Lawrence never thought that he would need to become an expert in glue removal when he phoned San Joaquin Pest Control for help in getting rid of termites which had set up housekeeping in his garage....
