by Dennis Beaver | business, complaint, consumer, return policy, warranty
June 24, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver If you are about to buy a major appliance from Lowe’s or Home Depot, you might want to read this story first and take a moment to consider how angry, frustrated and upset you would feel if what happened to Southern California resident... by Dennis Beaver | ADA, education, law school
June 17, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver If I told you, “Some law school students are cheating — and are even helped by their law schools,” you’d probably think, “No way, I can’t believe that.” Not only has this been going on for years, but, as you will see, it directly... by Dennis Beaver | communication, contracts, financial, schedule
June 10, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver Most of us have had the experience of being stood up for a date or some other social interaction, possibly a meeting with a potential employer or customer. In a dating context, according to psychologists, we may never forget the pain... 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 | bioelectronic medicine, complaint, consumer, credit cards, doctor, false advertising, fraud, medical care, medicine, scam
May 27, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, I am the victim of a vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) scam.” Vagus nerve scam? Most of us know about vagus nerves from high school biology — that they are the longest in our bodies, but not much more. However, for the past few... by Dennis Beaver | attorney, attorney client privilege, clients, consent, employees, lawyers, video
May 20, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver When you meet with your attorney and paralegal, the one thing that you can count on and don’t even give a second thought to is that your conversation will be confidential. Indeed, the attorney-client privilege — confidentiality of... by Dennis Beaver | guest, homeowner, landlord/tenant, neighbors, tenant
May 13, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver It is human nature to help someone in distress, or at least want to help. That’s how most of us felt night after night while watching the evening news earlier this year when wildfires tore through Southern California, Texas and... by Dennis Beaver | business, family
May 5, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver Some of the largest, oldest, most successful companies in our country were founded by families. The Snickers and Milky Way bars we pick up at the convenience store are produced by the Mars family — the second-wealthiest in America. Other... by Dennis Beaver | business, employees, estate planning, family, hospice
April 29, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver Business owners, longtime employees, families — we are all caught up in life’s challenges. Things go along more or less the same day after day, and then, out of the blue, come the words no one ever wants to hear: It’s terminal. “So... by Dennis Beaver | bank, credit bureaus, credit cards, customer service
April 22, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver As you read today’s article, imagine yourself in the shoes of my reader, Dr. Tom, who, like millions of us, has seen customer service vanish at just about every large bank in the country. We begin with a question: When was the last...