Monthly Archives: October 2019

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Understand What An Agent Is Trying To Sell You Resist High-Pressure Sales Annuities Are Expensive, Complicated Insurance Products A recent study shows only 27% of Americans believe they will be financially secure in retirement. Insurance agents dwell on statistics like that, especially when luring older consumers into annuities. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Single Trip Travelex Travel Insurance Plans Cancellations, Coverages, and Refunds Ever bought travel insurance before going on a big trip? Did you cancel your trip before departure?  Travel insurance is intended to reimburse those who have unforeseen circumstances either prevent or ruin their trip. One of the world’s […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Overmedication A Real Danger For All Seniors Nursing Home Residents and Anti-Psychotic Drugs Overmedication of nursing home residents has become a terrible problem in this country. Many of the drugs are unnecessary. One recent study concluded that nursing homes administer unnecessary antipsychotic drugs to 179,000 patients every week. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Seniors Targets of Financial Elder Abuse If You’re a Victim, We Can Help Unscrupulous stockbrokers, insurance agents, financial advisors and retirement planners all prey on seniors with money to invest. Seniors are natural targets as they hold 1/3 of the nation’s wealth. Seniors may also be more receptive […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Appellate Win for False Claims Whistleblower Whistleblowers won a recent victory in the Ninth Circuit, where the Court reinstated a false claims whistleblower case alleging false claims under Medicare. See US ex rel. Geraldine Godecke v. Kinetic Concepts, Inc., et al, No. 18-55246 (9th Cir. Sept. 6, 2019).[1] […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Risk of Financial Elder Abuse by Caregivers Spotting Financial Elder Abuse Earlier this summer police arrested the former caregiver of late Marvel Comic creator Stan Lee on charges of fiduciary elder abuse,and embezzling artwork, cash, and other assets, worth over $5 million.[1] Months before he died, Lee had […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Understand What An Agent Is Trying To Sell You Resist High-Pressure Sales Annuities Are Expensive, Complicated Insurance Products Based on years of litigation experience, our lawyers recommend consumers, especially senior consumers, avoid annuities and certain types of life insurance contracts, like indexed universal life insurance. Research reinforces that […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Wants Whistleblower Help Commission Issues Alert on Bank Secrecy Act Violations The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) actively seeks whistleblower help in overseeing commodities and futures trading and in enforcing anti-money laundering laws. The CFTC rewards whistleblowers whose information that leads to prosecution […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Risks of Financial Elder Abuse Growing Financial Elder Abuse Can Be Devastating Looking for Signs Reports of every form of elder abuse are up in Alameda County but particularly financial elder abuse; more than 70% of reported cases in Alameda County now involve financial elder abuse. Physical […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Federal and State Whistleblower Laws Rewards and Job Protection for Whistleblowers The federal government and the State of California reward whistleblowers who bring actions (known as qui tam actions) for certain illegal activities or fraud the whistleblower knows about and has evidence of. The procedures and limitation periods […]