by Dennis Beaver | bank, debt collection, lawyers
July 10, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver If you are a lawyer who handles real estate transactions, collection matters, contractual disputes, or divorce cases, today’s story could save you a huge amount of money, and an enormous amount of grief. Recently a very interesting...
by Dennis Beaver | lawyers
April 16, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver “Dennis, I am a superior court judge in a city where your column is very popular. In fact, for many years at one outlying courthouse, the judge taped each week’s story to the front door for the public to read. “Today, so many TV...
by Dennis Beaver | advertising, education, false advertising
May 3, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver You have no doubt heard commercials for Babbel, Rosetta Stone or other computer assisted language learning programs which make claims along the lines of “You can learn a new language in three weeks.” In fact, both Rosetta Stone and...
by Dennis Beaver | Option to Lease, real estate
July 9, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver Today’s story will be of special interest to anyone who owns acreage —typically agricultural — in areas of the country which receive plentiful sunlight or wind, ideal for the construction of a solar or wind farm. Unless you are...
by Dennis Beaver | asset protection, consumer, consumer credit
May 26, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver If you ask most lawyers if it’s a good idea to loan a friend money to buy a car, you’ll probably hear a line from Shakespeare: “Neither a borrower nor a lender be.” The second part of that famous quote is less often heard: “For loan oft...