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....
by Dennis Beaver | disability, insurance
March 24, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver There are people across the country reading today’s story who have a large presence on Facebook and other social media putting them at risk of losing thousands of dollars yearly, as you will see in a moment. But first, let me tell...
by Dennis Beaver | education, privacy
October 1, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver If you are the parent of a son or daughter who is at college, today’s story about privacy will be of special interest. We begin with two extreme examples of what happens when privacy becomes an excuse for tossing common sense out the...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer
March 8, 2006 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver When Redway, California resident Carolyn Green purchased $75.00 worth of gift certificates from a local market in December, 2004 as a Christmas present for her son, she had no idea that a few months later the...
