by Dennis Beaver | fraud, technology
February 26, 2006 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Even after having written this column over 15 years, on occasion what has happened to one of my readers just makes me furious. That was the way I felt after reading an e-mail from Carol, age 69, living in...
by Dennis Beaver | lawyers, parenting, workplace
March 12, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver Anne buzzed me: “A 13 year-old reader is calling from Chicago. He is worried about his father who is an attorney.” Seconds later I was speaking with “Timmy.” “Mr. Beaver, my father, Hal, is a lawyer and is so sad all the time. He...
by Dennis Beaver | ADA, lawsuit, settlement
February 22, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver If you are a landlord–or plan to buy rental property–our story should scare you more than just a little, as the last thing you want is to be sued for a violation of the Americans With Disability Act which no doubt you’ve heard of....
by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees
October 14, 2006 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Part 1 I have a question for you about excessive attorney fees, and the only reason I am able to even discuss this matter is because of a strange coincidence that happened a few days ago in the Fresno...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees
October 21, 2006 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Part 2 Last week we began a look at what can only be described as completely unjustifiable and excessive attorney billing practices. One glaring and common example is scheduling court appearances – in...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer
October 23, 2010 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “How can I deliver excellent customer service for you today?” “Did I provide you with exceptional customer service and satisfy all of your needs?” How often do we hear this nonsense?...
by Dennis Beaver | foreclosure
December 11, 2010 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver The real estate crisis has spared no city and few streets. Evidence of homes lost to foreclosure is within a 60-second drive of most people reading this column. Outright con artists have ripped off desperate...
by Dennis Beaver | business, employment, women, workplace
March 18, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver “Many employers see The Great Resignation as a chance to give their companies an enormous boost in employee morale and wellbeing by establishing true gender equity,” observes Christine Spadafor, Harvard educated lawyer, BBC...
by Dennis Beaver | contracts
April 29, 2006 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Have you recently purchased — or are you considering — a home or business alarm system? Does the alarm company want you to sign a long-term contract? If you have signed such a contract, can you get out of it if...
by Dennis Beaver | family law, lawyers, medicine, power of attorney, senior care
March 20, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver The stock market has recently been in a free-fall. America has not experienced this level of fear since the days of the polio epidemic, which, at its peak in the 1940s and 1950s would paralyze or kill over half a million people...
