by Dennis Beaver | education, lawyers
March 16, 2013 • By Dennis Beaver Some widely held beliefs persist long after evidence that they are flawed has come to light. Today, for anyone considering law as a profession, this statement has special relevance. “Up until the last decade, a license to practice...
by Dennis Beaver | drug use, lawyers
June 28, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver While lawyers have the potential of earning significant incomes, in one respect law is a high risk profession. Attorneys suffer from depression and substance abuse more often than any other occupation in the...
by Dennis Beaver | drones, FAA, technology
June 4, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver “I am a real estate broker and am considering buying a camera drone for business and entertainment purposes, then posting videos on YouTube,” Peter wrote. “This gives buyers a realistic view of properties: farms, orchards, commercial...
by Dennis Beaver | bank, debt collection, lawyers
July 10, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver If you are a lawyer who handles real estate transactions, collection matters, contractual disputes, or divorce cases, today’s story could save you a huge amount of money, and an enormous amount of grief. Recently a very interesting...
by Dennis Beaver | lawyers
April 16, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver “Dennis, I am a superior court judge in a city where your column is very popular. In fact, for many years at one outlying courthouse, the judge taped each week’s story to the front door for the public to read. “Today, so many TV...
by Dennis Beaver | ethics, lawyers
August 13, 2011 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Adjunct law professor and attorney Rose Safarian has a highly effective way of getting the attention of her students at San Joaquin College of Law in Fresno. “In my professional responsibility course, I...
by Dennis Beaver | advertising, education, false advertising
May 3, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver You have no doubt heard commercials for Babbel, Rosetta Stone or other computer assisted language learning programs which make claims along the lines of “You can learn a new language in three weeks.” In fact, both Rosetta Stone and...
by Dennis Beaver | false advertising
March 24, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver We have all seen ads for Rosetta Stone, Pimsleur or similar “teach yourself a foreign language” courses which claim you can accomplish this feat “in just a few days without boring memorization, studying...
by Dennis Beaver | Option to Lease, real estate
July 9, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver Today’s story will be of special interest to anyone who owns acreage —typically agricultural — in areas of the country which receive plentiful sunlight or wind, ideal for the construction of a solar or wind farm. Unless you are...
by Dennis Beaver | asset protection, consumer, consumer credit
May 26, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver If you ask most lawyers if it’s a good idea to loan a friend money to buy a car, you’ll probably hear a line from Shakespeare: “Neither a borrower nor a lender be.” The second part of that famous quote is less often heard: “For loan oft...
