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...
by Dennis Beaver | business, career, employment, workplace
December 31, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver We’ve all heard of job offers being withdrawn or people being fired after employers discover an applicant or employee has lied or exaggerated their qualifications, education, work history, required skills or references. But what...
by Dennis Beaver | business, employment, ethics
May 23, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver Something close to an obituary for DEI — diversity, equity, inclusion — appeared on the cover of the Wall Street Journal’s April 21 business section titled, “Diversity Goals Are Disappearing – Dozens of firms [are] deleting the...
by Dennis Beaver | business, leadership
November 7, 2023 • By Dennis Beaver Something’s wrong. You know it. Everyone around you knows. It is as if someone is trying to sabotage your business. But who? How? Why? How can you find out? How can you fix it? Anne Morriss could be the very person to ask. The...
by Dennis Beaver | business, lawyers
October 25, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver
“While trying to find some guidance for my problem with a law firm that is dragging their feet in paying me for patent illustrations, I came across your 2008 article–When Lawyers Don’t Pay their Bills. It is about an attorney who...
by Dennis Beaver | business, consumer, technology
January 5, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver “In 2022, executives at BMW came upon a brilliant, if perverted, idea to extract more money from customers,” observes Michigan attorney Steve Lehto, who has practiced in the fields of Lemon Law and Consumer Protection for over 30...