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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...

His Employees Don’t Work ‘For’ Him, But ‘With’ Him

by Dennis Beaver | attorney, business, dui - drunk driving, employees, lawyers

April 8, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, your recent story about the employer who recommended a personal injury law firm to his employees because he liked the firm’s television ads hit a nerve with me. I am involved in something similar that I would like to...

Beware of TV/Billboard Personal Injury Law Firms: Here’s Why

by Dennis Beaver | false advertising, lawyers, personal injury, television

March 17, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver When was the last time that, when watching TV, you did not see commercials for personal injury law firms who claimed to “fight” for their clients, or offered glowing testimonials from deliriously happy people displaying high-dollar...

Want to sue a client for unpaid fees? That can backfire on you

by Dennis Beaver | clients, debt collection, insurance, lawyers, malpractice insurance

February 28, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver In some cases, it’ll work out better if you let it go instead of trying to force a deadbeat client, patient or customer to pay your bill. We’ve all heard the saying “happy wife, happy life.” Of course, today, we might update the...

Seven Ways to Be an Absolute Jerk as a Lawyer

by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, communication, consumer, lawyers

December 3, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver “Law is adversarial. Many lawyers have type-A personalities, feeling they just have to win, and some feel they will increase their chances of success by being absolute jerks to opposing counsel. Nothing could be further from the...

Zombie Mortgages Come Back to Haunt Property Owners

by Dennis Beaver | bankruptcy, lawyers, mortgage, real estate

September 20, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver Like ghosts in a haunted house, law firms are pursuing property owners, threatening them with the loss of their property for unpaid second mortgages — known as zombie mortgages. Some people thought their mortgages were discharged...
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