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Wake Up, Jerry: Your Wife Wants You to Stop Snoring and Read This Before Launching Your Landscaping Biz

by Dennis Beaver | attorney, business, employees, insurance

An insurance expert explains that Jerry skipping essential business insurance is a “false economy” for new small-business owners, and a labor attorney outlines how Jerry can avoid being accused of unfair competition when setting up shop. April 14, 2026  •...

Want to Advance on the Job? Showing Some Courtesy and Appreciation Could Help

by Dennis Beaver | customer service, employees, good manners, management

September 8, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver Today’s article was prompted by the chief human resources officer (CHRO) at a Texas-based agricultural sales company wanting to discuss a topic that she feels would be valuable for college students, recent graduates and new...

What Makes This Business So Successful? We Find Out From the Founder’s Kids

by Dennis Beaver | business, community, customers, employees, family

The children of Morgan Clayton, founder of Tel-Tec Security Systems in Bakersfield, California, share how their father’s wisdom, life experience and caring nature have turned their family business into a locally respected powerhouse. December 15, 2025  • By...

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...
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