by Dennis Beaver | education, law school, lawyers
March 15, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver If you are in college and considering law school, or out in the working world and looking for an occupational change, Los Angeles based attorney Shant Karnikian has some very specific recommendations, and I’ll get to those in a...
by Dennis Beaver | lawyers, trusts
March 8, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver Short of immediately firing your lawyer, just what should you do when promised a return call, or that your matter “Will be taken care of,” but it doesn’t ever happen? Or, stated differently, when is “yes” really a “no?” Julie wrote,...
by Dennis Beaver | ADA, business, government, landlord/tenant
March 1, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver “I inherited a commercial rental property recently that was built in the 1940’s. I understand that the Americans with Disability Act requires accessibility, but all the doorways to these shops are too narrow to allow someone in a...
by Dennis Beaver | ADA, lawsuit, settlement
February 22, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver If you are a landlord–or plan to buy rental property–our story should scare you more than just a little, as the last thing you want is to be sued for a violation of the Americans With Disability Act which no doubt you’ve heard of....
by Dennis Beaver | education, presumption of innocence
February 15, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver “I am a police detective in a small Northern California town for and enjoy your column which appears in the Eureka Times-Standard. It is one of the first things that I and a number of fellow officers read and discuss....
by Dennis Beaver | debt collection, doctor, lawyers, settlement
February 8, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver Today’s story will be of special interest to two groups of readers who are linked together by what is known as a lien, which I’ll explain in a moment. They are: (1) People who were injured in an auto accident who lack good health...
by Dennis Beaver | employment, free speech, technology, workplace
February 1, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver Who hasn’t wanted to tell a scheming, incompetent manager or boss just what we think of them while clearing our desk and walking out of an office that had become toxic, emotional poison – a menacing Skull and Crossbones. If...
by Dennis Beaver | bankruptcy, business, restaurant
January 25, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver How often have you shaken your head in disbelief when learning that a decades-old, successful family-owned business has filed for bankruptcy protection, the result of decisions which were supposed to help it survive and keep the...
by Dennis Beaver | background checks, dentist, embezzlement, employment
January 18, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver Today’s story will be of special interest to dentists, beginning with these two questions: –Why are dentists more likely than most other health care professionals to become victims of theft and embezzlement by a trusted...
by Dennis Beaver | fraud, real estate, scam
January 11, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver Last week we looked at a major fraud that carried out by crooked Canadians and Americans residing in Mexico who are ripping off North American owners of Mexican timeshares who want out of their contracts. For anyone who owns a...
