by Dennis Beaver | business, contracts, ethics
July 22, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver “My husband, ‘Dean,’ is looking into starting his own market research company structured very much like part-time jobs he had while in college: phoning people and asking questions about products or services. He would hire...
by Dennis Beaver | background checks, dentist, embezzlement, employment
January 18, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver Today’s story will be of special interest to dentists, beginning with these two questions: –Why are dentists more likely than most other health care professionals to become victims of theft and embezzlement by a trusted...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney, business, dui - drunk driving, employees, lawyers
April 8, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, your recent story about the employer who recommended a personal injury law firm to his employees because he liked the firm’s television ads hit a nerve with me. I am involved in something similar that I would like to...
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...
