by Dennis Beaver | real estate, scam
December 27, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver They’re back! Free home-flipping seminars are back, and as we wrote slightly more than two years ago, most score high on our Scam-O-Meter, having a single goal: separating the often desperate, generally naive and trusting from...
by Dennis Beaver | complaint, consumer
October 21, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver When Cynthia Dias and her fiance, Troy Nunnelee, went out shopping for a new stove in late June, they had no idea that within a matter of weeks the promises made to America by one of its oldest and most...
by Dennis Beaver | ADA, restaurant
September 30, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver My paralegal, Anne, buzzed me: “You have two readers on the phone who work at a pizza restaurant and found you after reading your article about the near-mutiny at the seafood restaurant where customers considered themselves...
by Dennis Beaver | contracts, ethics, investment
December 3, 2005 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver At no time in recent memory has the real estate market in the San Joaquin Valley been as hot as it is now. New and re-sale homes, as well as lots suitable for construction bring prices that could hardly have...
by Dennis Beaver | judges
February 28, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver The closest thing that most of us will ever come to meeting a Judge Judy is by suing or being sued in Small Claims Court. Having served as a pro tem judge in Small Claims Court, I learned that, next to being stopped by a traffic...
by Dennis Beaver | employees, employment, family, healthcare, hearing aids, Jobs, safety, workplace
A lot of people with hearing issues won’t seek help, or they refuse to wear hearing aids. “Nicole” had a very good reason not to wear hers, but figuring out why took some sleuthing. Here’s what you can do if you know someone who needs help...
by Dennis Beaver | marriage
August 11, 2023 • By Dennis Beaver An East Coast university journalism professor, “Cynthia,” phoned and had a unique request. “Dennis, I use your articles in my classes. Both I and my students want to know more about your personal life, and especially about your...
by Dennis Beaver | scam, technology
April 14, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, I believe that my father has been the victim of an Internet scam. After Mom died two years ago, Dad has been talking with people in chat rooms all over the world, almost daily. A few months...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney, education, technology
July 12, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver In over 40 states, attorneys are required to take a continuing legal education (CLE) course in technology and the law, which includes AI, artificial intelligence. I had the pleasure of watching New York attorney James A. Sherer’s...
by Dennis Beaver | auto insurance, consumer
December 24, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver
“In June of 2021 you had an hysterical article about a parking lot accident at a Jack in the Box in St. Louis, Missouri that involved a cast of characters suitable for Saturday Night Live,” began an email from ‘Eddie,’ a retired...
