Want to sue a client for unpaid fees? That can backfire on you
February 28, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver In some cases, it’ll work out better if you let it go instead ...
Why ‘Standard’ Digital Background Checks Can Be So Unreliable
February 17, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver We have all seen news stories about drivers for ride-sharing services who are ...
Who needs a cohabitation agreement?
February 14, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, my father is an optician with three optical stores in our ...
Insurance Bad Faith After Natural Disasters: What to Know
February 4, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver The recent wildfires in Southern California and natural disasters elsewhere in the country ...
How Much Fun Is Too Much Fun When You’re in the Office?
January 27, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver Recently, I received an email from “Ivan,” a young university graduate with a ...
Can they kick you out of an AYCE restaurant for eating too much?
January 24, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver We’ve all seen news stories where giant swarms of locusts descend on farmers’ ...
How to deal with property insurance claims after wildfires
January 16, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver “Filing your insurance claim after a wildfire is emotionally draining and should be ...
Is Money Messing Up Your Family’s Life?
January 6, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, everyone has heard the saying ‘(the love of) money is the ...
Ignoring Your Company’s Dress Code Can Get You Fired
December 31, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver We’ve all heard of job offers being withdrawn or people being fired after ...
Feel Free to Disagree, But Here’s How to Bridge Differences
December 24, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver Do you know someone who has forgotten that advice about “burying the hatchet ...
Your Loved One Fell for a Romance Scam: What Not to Do
December 17, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, I manage one of the largest machine shops in the Midwest ...
One Cure for Legal Headaches: The Advice of Outside Counsel
December 10, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver “When we read about mayors, CEOs of major corporations and ministers of megachurches ...
Seven Ways to Be an Absolute Jerk as a Lawyer
December 3, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver “Law is adversarial. Many lawyers have type-A personalities, feeling they just have to ...
Understanding earthquake insurance
November 29, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver In 2024, more areas of the U.S. experienced earthquakes, leading some homeowners to ...
Structured Settlement Annuity vs Lump-Sum Payout: Which Is Better?
November 19, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver “Our son sustained a horrible injury during birth that will require life-long medical ...
Can a Judge Tell a Father to Avoid Risky Triathlons for His Sons?
November 12, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver How deeply into the daily lives of couples should family law judges venture? ...
Write a book in one day, become a best selling author (Not)
November 8, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver We all know someone who is sick and tired of their 9 to ...
The folly of ‘Buy a Business’ coaching scams
November 1, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver If you enjoy going online late at night, chances are that seemingly out ...
FTC finally does something about fake reviews
October 24, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver How often have you read a glowing online review–about a business, lawyer, physician, ...
Do not pass ‘Go’, do not collect $200
October 18, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver Anyone who has ever played Monopoly is familiar with those two sentences, which ...
Hats off to the FDIC! They’re from the government and here to help
October 11, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver There are a lot of people–especially older Americans–who do not trust, or just ...
Are you paying your employees correctly?
October 4, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver If you were to ask just about any business owner if their employees ...
Want to produce a podcast? Tips to get it done right
September 27, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, I was told to make a podcast and describe kitchen and ...
Zombie Mortgages Come Back to Haunt Property Owners
September 20, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver Like ghosts in a haunted house, law firms are pursuing property owners, threatening ...
If It Looks Like Elder Financial Abuse, It May Be Just That
September 13, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver As my town is located 100 miles north of Los Angeles, it is ...
