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BizCounsel Promises Affordable Access to Legal Services for Business

by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, business, contracts, debt collection, lawyers

June 7, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver  BizCounsel Promises Affordable Access to Legal Services for Business “I just read your article, ‘Golden Rules for Going into Business for Yourself.’ You must have been a fly on the wall in our house when I had the identical discussion...

Contractual clauses you may want to avoid

by Dennis Beaver | business, contracts, debt collection, lawyers

January 5, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver “I am selling one of my three lube and tire stores to a large national chain that has similar shops all over my part of the country. Their attorney prepared the sales agreement. Our family’s lawyer pointed out two paragraphs he did...

Get taken to the cleaners by your customers

by Dennis Beaver | accounting, business, debt collection

September 22, 2023 • By Dennis Beaver A common complaint — especially from small-business owners — is the failure or refusal of their customers or clients to pay their bills on time, or pay them at all. I submit that a certain amount of this, sadly, is encouraged by...

Grandma Susie and the bill collector

by Dennis Beaver | bankruptcy, debt collection, healthcare

July 01, 2006 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver In 1998 Grandma Susie and her husband hired a paralegal to file a bankruptcy. Hospital bills which insurance did not cover left them no choice. When informed that the necessary papers had been filed with the...

How to Avoid Getting Ripped Off by an Alarm Company

by Dennis Beaver | alarm system, consumer, debt collection

June 25, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver I’m often asked, “How do you get your story ideas?” Sometimes, as with 80-year-old “Mr. Albert,” they literally walk in the front door. Anyone who has an alarm system for their home or office will find his story valuable. Mr. Albert is...

Lawyers lose millions in fake cashier’s check scams

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...
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