ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Microcaptive Insurance Tax Abusers Corporations Use Small Captive Insurance Companies To Avoid Tax The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has begun sending letters to up to 200 companies, offering to settle open investigations of abusive insurance transactions with the companies’ own small, insurance subsidiaries (known as “microcaptives”). These companies […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Ingrid M. Evans Wins A Top 20 Court Award in California Ingrid M. Evans of Evans Law Firm, Inc., won a $798,000 verdict in a bench trial last year in San Francisco Superior Court that has been recognized as one of the Top 20 Court Awards in California […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER State Rewards and Protections for Whistleblowers California False Claims Act Most States, including California, have false claims statutes modelled after the federal False Claims Act meant to pursue companies that submit false claims to State governments. Like the federal law, State statutes reward whistleblowers when States recover money.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Internal Revenue Service Rewards Whistleblowers Offshore Tax Avoidance Schemes Targeted The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rewards people who provide credible information to the IRS regarding tax scams including tax avoidance through the use of offshore accounts and companies. The IRS aggressively pursues taxpayers who use offshore tax avoidance […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER How Insurance Agents Financially Exploit Seniors California Insurance Department Detectives Arrests Unscrupulous insurance agents, financial advisors and trustees target vulnerable seniors for financial elder abuse. Sometimes law enforcement catches up with them fortunately. Recently, Detectives with the California Insurance Department arrested an insurance agent and a financial advisor […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Residents at Risk of Abuse and Neglect Monitor the Living Conditions of Your Loved Ones Nursing home abuse includes all manner of physical abuse and neglect, including sexual assault and rape, and the incidents of such abuse can be horrific. The Marin County elder abuse attorneys at Evans […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Healthcare Fraud Against The Government Fraud Under Medicare Advantage Program Big Cases and Big Rewards Under the False Claims Act (FCA), the federal government rewards whistleblowers who present credible, original information of false claims made to government agencies for payments and reimbursements. Much of the fraud occurs in […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Powers of Attorney and the Elderly Potential for Misuse Financial elder abuse can strike seniors from various directions including from those whom the senior has trusted with a Power of Attorney (POA) over financial matters. A financial POA is a very important legal document where the principal […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Indexed And Fixed Indexed Annuities Are Complex And Expensive Consumer Risks, Especially For Seniors Beware Complicated New Products Our lawyers recommend consumers, especially senior consumers, avoid annuities or life insurance. The insurance industry targets older investors with high-commission products like indexed and fixed indexed annuities. Indexed and fixed […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER California Law on Gifts to Care Custodians Tightening the Marriage Loophole for Gifts to Care Custodians California law presumes that gifts – made either during life or at death – by an elder or dependent adult to their care custodian[1] are the product of undue influence (a defined […]