by Dennis Beaver | auto insurance, healthcare, lawyers
May 16, 2015 • By Dennis Beaver If you are in the settlement stages of an auto accident, personal injury claim, and are unhappy with your lawyer — because the insurance company’s settlement offer seems very low — please don’t blame the attorney. Based on the past...
by Dennis Beaver | business, employment, government
November 22, 2023 • By Dennis Beaver Even low-skilled workers are subjected to non-compete clauses, but that could change as lawmakers take them on for restricting mobility and keeping wages low. “My family operates an upscale Italian restaurant, and our employees are...
by Dennis Beaver | conservatorship, lawyers, medicine, settlement
October 23, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver It was a beautiful day at Malibu, and Sara was having the time of her life, surfing. Only she has no memory of being there after the auto accident, having sustained a TBI – a traumatic brain injury which put her into a coma....
by Dennis Beaver | testimony
February 21, 2009 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Should a lawyer tell a client how to dress for court, and to threaten to dump that client if the advice is not strictly followed? That was Mike’s question, and the answer should be of interest to...
by Dennis Beaver | housing, landlord/tenant
January 9, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver ‘How much control can a landlord have over the lives of tenants, and especially, tenants who have children? Does owning an apartment house give the owner a right to dictate behavior? And if so, what are the limits?” “I plan to use my...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, warranty
December 31, 2011 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver When a business doesn’t care about customer service, things go wrong. Most of us only want to be treated fairly, and to receive what we have paid for. That’s what Mary Ann Borges of Hanford...
by Dennis Beaver | lawyers, privacy
November 30, 2018 • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, I am calling you from my lawyer’s office. I came here asking for a copy of my auto accident file,” ‘Randy’ stammered, the degree of frustration in his voice rising with each second. “They told me that he is in a...
by Dennis Beaver | business, employees, human resources, leadership, safety, workplace
January 27, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver Recently, I received an email from “Ivan,” a young university graduate with a business degree and IT specialization. He and several friends from college established an IT service company in the Midwest, with an eye toward emulating...
by Dennis Beaver | education, privacy
October 8, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver Today’s story will be of special interest to college students, their parents, and anyone wanting to create a college scholarship and be certain where the money goes. But first, for readers who are over 30, look back over the past few...
by Dennis Beaver | employment, lawyers, workplace
June 2, 2023 • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, recently I graduated with top grades from a private, one-year secretarial and office management program, and was sent out on my first job interview to an IT company. It was a Friday and they invited me to join them for a...
