by Dennis Beaver | consumer, fraud
November 25, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver It isn’t often that I am a “witness” to a glaring example of consumer fraud, but thanks to “Frank” and his grandmother, “Thelma,” I was “virtually” standing next to her, listening to an optical salesperson violate several of their...
by Dennis Beaver | business, employment, lawsuit
November 18, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver “Wanting to learn the ropes from our employer and go out on our own is something that many employees consider,” observes Southern California Business attorney Glen Dickinson. Dickinson adds, “And if you go about...
by Dennis Beaver | business, consumer, fraud, restaurant, scam
November 11, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver Over the many years writing this column, I’ve listened to thousands of reader’s complaints about customer service, believing they had not received what they had paid for. Most were acting in good faith, honestly feeling they were...
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 | education, law school, lawyers
October 28, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, several years ago you wrote a story about a lawyer’s reputation – how valuable it is. As a Superior Court Judge in our small Southern town for over 20 years, that is what I tell the law graduates who successfully passed...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, scam, timeshare
October 21, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver Last week I made it clear that, in my legal opinion, the way that the timeshare industry deals with owners who want out of their contracts reminds me of racketeering. Pity the poor timeshare owner who was a victim of lie after lie...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, scam, timeshare
October 14, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver If you own a timeshare or, God forbid, are considering buying one, I have one word of advice that has made the timeshare industry mad at me following my April 2021 article quoting Salem, Oregon, attorney Eric Olsen. Replying to my...
by Dennis Beaver | business, consumer, lawyers, return policy
October 7, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver Let’s say you purchase a used car from a dealership and later want to bring it back for a refund. Do you have the legal right to get your money back regardless of the reason? Does the “Three-Day Cooling Off Period” apply? That’s what...
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 | business, employment, leadership, politics
September 23, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver Fifty more migrants arrived outside Vice President Kamala Harris’s residence in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, days after two buses carrying asylum seekers arrived at her Naval Observatory home from Texas earlier this week,...
