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Why a Law Firm Secretly Recording Client Conversations Is Wrong (and Illegal)

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...

We Took Them in After the Fire, and Now They Won’t Leave

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...

I Found Out What It Takes for a Family Business to Thrive

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...

How Business Owners Can Prepare for a Terminal Diagnosis

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...

Here’s When a Lack of Credit Card Debt Can Cause You Problems

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...
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