by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, lawyers
November 21, 2015 • By Dennis Beaver “There are few things as dangerous to the public as a lawyer seduced by money, and instead of helping clients, rips them off,” Los Angeles-based attorney Lori Meloch firmly maintains. As director of the State Bar of California...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, false advertising
June 8, 2018 • By Dennis Beaver Recently, as clients came into our office, we handed them a sheet of paper and said, “We are going to say the names of three large companies. When you hear each name, please write down the first word that comes to mind about the...
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...
by Dennis Beaver | book, education, free speech, politics
June 4, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver “I am a tenured high school social studies teacher and also a reserve deputy sheriff. For years I’ve shown students YouTube and training videos of law enforcement encounters that led to violence and shootings. We analyze how they could...
by Dennis Beaver | business, contracts, ethics
July 22, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver “My husband, ‘Dean,’ is looking into starting his own market research company structured very much like part-time jobs he had while in college: phoning people and asking questions about products or services. He would hire...