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Who should not go into business on their own?

by Dennis Beaver | business, contracts, scam

October 6, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver    Today’s story answers a question not asked often enough: Am I able to successfully go into business on my own? Do I have what it takes or should I remain an employee instead of an owner?” Meet RD. Now in his mid-50s and driving...

Why ‘Standard’ Digital Background Checks Can Be So Unreliable

by Dennis Beaver | background checks, employees, technology, workplace

February 17, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver We have all seen news stories about drivers for ride-sharing services who are arrested for sexually assaulting a passenger or committing some other violent crime, and it is revealed that the employee has a lengthy — often recent —...

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...

Why Africa matters to the United States, and the world

by Dennis Beaver | business, politics

August 21, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver 
 Anne, my paralegal, grew up in British Hong Kong and learned to speak Chinese. The other day while we were having lunch at the office — and watching a TV documentary about Kenya — it showed two brothers, 9 and 14, preparing an...

Why are so many employees unhappy at work?

by Dennis Beaver | business, employment

May 8, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver  Note: This article was written before the country went into shut down. While employment in the United States is at an historic high–with unemployment at one of the lowest levels ever seen–“Still something is wrong at work, there is a...
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