by Dennis Beaver | divorce, lawyers
January 07, 2010 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Part 1 “I am in the middle of a horrible divorce where we are spending huge amounts of time on trying to come to agreement on the value of all the things acquired over a 20-year marriage,” Mary...
by Dennis Beaver | employment, workplace
December 31, 2009 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Last week I told you about the owner of an insurance agency in San Diego who was requiring employees to buy all of their insurance from the agency, deducting any cash shortages from employee paychecks, and...
by Dennis Beaver | law enforcement, traffic ticket
December 17, 2009 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver A large number of lawyers are regular readers of this column and occasionally contribute interesting story ideas. The following e-mail was sent in from “Hal,” an attorney in Sacramento: “In...
by Dennis Beaver | divorce, pets
December 14, 2009 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Last week I told you about one of the most bizarre divorce cases I have ever handled, where the fight wasn’t about homes, cars, furniture, insurance policies — none of that. Rather, it was over who...
by Dennis Beaver | divorce, pets
December 03, 2009 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver One of the strangest “family law” cases I have ever dealt with involved the custody of 13 cats, owned by a high school teacher and her pharmacist husband. They were a childless couple with an...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, false advertising
November 27, 2009 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver In late October the Black Angus Restaurants chain — which came out of bankruptcy in March of this year — began a major campaign to attract customers. Advertising inserts were placed in weekend editions of...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, false advertising
November 20, 2009 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver One Saturday afternoon in early November, 2009, Fresno resident Ted, his wife and her parents visited a Black Angus restaurant for dinner. They were celebrating Ted’s finding a job after months of...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, settlement
November 13, 2009 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “Is there any way to get help from an attorney in handling a personal injury case without having to pay a contingent fee of one third or more? “My wife works for a personal injury law firm and...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees
November 08, 2009 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver If you know anyone who has had an auto accident and is considering hiring a lawyer, today’s story could easily save them thousands of dollars — money which would otherwise improperly go into the...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees
October 29, 2009 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Part 2 Last week we answered questions submitted by Kingsburg readers who were about to purchase an office cleaning and maintenance business. At the urging of their wives, they asked You and the Law: l Do we...
