by Dennis Beaver | employment, workplace
May 3, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver “Dr. Tom,” as his patients love to call him, is a young dentist in California’s Central Valley not far from Fresno. “He is the gentlest person I could ever imagine going to,” his receptionist, Traci, e-mailed You and the Law. “I...
by Dennis Beaver | business, due diligence, false advertising, fraud
November 1, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver If you enjoy going online late at night, chances are that seemingly out of nowhere, flooding your screen, ads appear that discuss ways of buying a business with little or no money down. “Most of the people behind these ads are cons,...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, lawyers
February 16, 2013 • By Dennis Beaver Suppose that medical science found cures for the major diseases and conditions which have haunted mankind forever. Let’s also assume at the same time, more medical schools were being opened across the country, with these schools...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, contracts, timeshare
May 5, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver You’ve probably gotten a phone call or a letter offering a fantastic four day three night holiday for next to nothing in Las Vegas, Orlando, Cancun, Newport Beach, Honolulu or other vacation venue, with only one requirement: “Spend about...
by Dennis Beaver | air conditioning, consumer
February 15, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver When was the last time that you changed your furnace or A/C filters? Do you know why, in addition to controlling furnace and A/C run times and temperatures, filters have a huge impact on energy use and the life of your entire...
by Dennis Beaver | business, contractor, employees, employment, Workers Comp Insurance, workplace
June 3, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, my wife and I are very active 85-year-old semiretired architects. We are still running our own business, but on a greatly reduced basis. We have no full-time employees. Once in a while, if we have to be out of town or if...
by Dennis Beaver | technology, telephone service
December 05, 2015 • By Dennis Beaver If you have a landline and want the ability of making a phone call during a power outage, today’s story will be of special interest. As Central California reader “Sylvia” discovered, digital telephone service has made something we...
by Dennis Beaver | medicine, tax resolution, tax scam
May 15, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, I suffer from a bad case of procrastination in filing and paying my income taxes. I have not filed for over two years out of pure laziness. Recently, I heard a radio ad for a tax resolution company that talked about the...
by Dennis Beaver | animal cruelty, lawyers
April 23, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver For many years, Phoenix-based attorney Ruth Carter was a mental health care professional, “Which was excellent preparation for what I do now as a lawyer, dealing with clients whose emotional problems–their mental state–have...
by Dennis Beaver | fraud, real estate, scam
January 4, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver Part One Have you purchased a Mexican timeshare and are itching to get it off your hands? While you may have kicked yourself for buying it in the first place, as you will see, today you are at great risk of being conned out of...
