by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees
May 02, 2009 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver This recession has now touched lawyers, many who earned hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, are out of a job. There are indeed certain legal specialties in great demand during a down economy, but most are...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees
May 16, 2009 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver In our two last articles, we looked at the ugly secret of how some law firms resort to completely illegal billing practices doing unnecessary work for the sole purpose of running up the bill. As we pointed out,...
by Dennis Beaver | business, lawyers
March 31, 2023 • By Dennis Beaver If you and a good friend or family member have been looking forward to going into business as partners, then today’s story will be especially relevant, and highlights why lawyers generally advise their clients to carefully think over...
by Dennis Beaver | bank, debt collection
November 11, 2006 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver I am receiving phone calls and collection notices from a New York collection agency on a checking account that I closed years ago. When the account was still open, it had Overdraft Protection. I purchased a...
by Dennis Beaver | asset protection, financial, investment, risk management
November 4, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver “Jerry,” my 65 year-old father, is beating himself up over failing to get out of the stock market months ago when it was so high. He is obsessed with making money and now consumed with regret and guilt. “He has always been...
by Dennis Beaver | drug use, dui - drunk driving
January 12, 2013 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver There is no instruction manual, no class, no test to pass before becoming a parent. All of us who have children are going to make some mistakes in how we raise them. Love and the need to nurture and protect...
by Dennis Beaver | employment, workplace
September 29, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Today we begin a series that will be of special interest to a group of people who have some of the most difficult jobs in the world and whose work is often underappreciated by their customers, as well as by...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney, consumer, ethics, false advertising, personal injury
December 1, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver We’ve all heard the saying “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” Yet, it might not. Here’s another saying for you: “What begins in California could spread throughout the country.” Today’s...
by Dennis Beaver | business, politics
April 22, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver “The war that the reincarnation of Adolph Hitler unleashed on the citizens of Ukraine was predictable, and the political elements that made it possible have been brewing for decades,” observes Dr. David D. Schein, an attorney and...
by Dennis Beaver | contracts, employees, employment, ethics, student, TV
Some newly graduated broadcast journalists are finding themselves trapped in low-paying newsroom roles because of predatory contracts that impose heavy financial penalties if they try to leave. June 22, 2026 • By Dennis Beaver My paralegal let me know I had a call...
