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,...
by Dennis Beaver | advertising, career, consumer, discrimination, employment
September 16, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver “There is a huge market – millions of people – that could be a missed opportunity for American business,” says author Susan Golden, who teaches at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and is considered one of the...
by Dennis Beaver | auto repair, Bully, fraud
September 9, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver If a car dealer lets you take a car out for a test drive and it suffers catastrophic engine and transmission damage, are you responsible for the repair charges? Note, I didn’t say, “Because of something that you did wrong,” rather,...
by Dennis Beaver | doctor, malpractice
September 2, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver “I just joined my father’s medical practice as an internist. The first day on the job he sat me down and said, ‘At some time you will make a mistake. Every physician has. Our reputation for honesty precedes us wherever we may go....
by Dennis Beaver | complaint, employment, psychology, workplace
August 26, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver We’ve all had a co-worker, boss, family member, neighbor – you name it, someone who just makes life miserable. And, who hasn’t pulled out more than a few hairs from total frustration dealing with the chaos they create? Wouldn’t it be...
