ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER New Laws Protect Seniors From Elder Abuse, Streamline Probate, And Prohibit Exploitation of Seniors in Conservatorships A number of new laws directly affecting seniors took effect in California on January 1, 2020. Those measures impact estate planning, protection from elder abuse, probate proceedings and conservatorships.  The California estate […]

                   On or about September 17, 2008, Plaintiffs brought a lawsuit in California against DIRECTV captioned Amy Imburgia and Kathy Greiner v. DIRECTV, Inc., (Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles, Case No. BC398295). The lawsuit challenged DIRECTV’s early cancellation fees […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Where To Call When You Have A Problem With Your Bank Government Agencies That Can Help Several government agencies supervise your bank, savings and loan. or credit union. When you have a problem with your bank knowing which regulator to call can help you toward a quicker resolution.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Wants Whistleblower Help Commission Issues Large Reward Information Can Lead To Investigation Even If Not Exact The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced on December 19 it will award more than $1 million to a whistleblower whose tip helped expose a scheme that […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Full and Partial Surrenders or Cancellations of Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance Company Annuities Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance Company, part of the Nationwide Mutual Insurance Group, issues fixed indexed annuities in California under the trade names Nationwide New Heights©, Nationwide High Point 365 ©, and Nationwide High […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER When Financial Predators Strike Taking Advantage Of Isolation And Cognitive Impairment Caregivers With Access To The Check Book Our litigators see a sadly familiar pattern in financial elder abuse cases: an elderly person’s spouse of many years dies and the survivor is left alone. Enter a stranger or […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Fatal Caregiver Abuse Decedent Lived in Residential Care Facility Caregiver abuse of the elderly and other dependent adults can be deadly. A criminal prosecution is proceeding right now in Southern California[1] against a caregiver charged with the alleged torture and murder of an 87-year-old man living in a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Ponzi Schemes Increasingly Target Older Investors After years of savings and with the children educated and on their own, seniors should take comfort in a nest egg for future years. But unscrupulous brokers, insurance agents and stock promoters target seniors for just the same reason – there’s money […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Reflections on Martin Luther King Day Why Martin Luther King Day Is Important For Seniors Today, we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day in honor of the man who transformed America and gave his life to make this country a better place for all people, regardless of race or creed […]