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? Did you get a refund?  Travel insurance is intended to reimburse those who have unforeseen circumstances either prevent or ruin their […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Claims Act Case Alleging False Grant Requests Large Settlement and Whistleblower/Relator Award 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. The cases are known as qui tam cases […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allianz Indexed Universal Life Insurance Products Allianz Life Pro+ Elite and Life Asset + Evans Law Firm, Inc. represents clients who have suffered losses on all types of life insurance and annuity contracts, including fixed indexed universal life insurance. Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America issues fixed […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Dementia Patients Particularly Vulnerable Overuse of Anti-Psychotic Drugs Incomplete Information and “Informed Consent” Thousands of dementia patients in nursing homes are being overmedicated with psychotropic drugs every day throughout the United States. One recent study found that nursing homes administer unnecessary antipsychotic drugs to 179,000 patients every week. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Remember Senior Loved Ones and Friends This Holiday Season Holidays Are Always Important Times To Check In With Seniors Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year from all of us at Evans Law Firm! We hope you spend as much time as possible this holiday […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Office Depot California False Claims Settlement Still In The News Former Employee Blew The Whistle $23.5 Million Whistleblower Reward Back in 2015, Office Depot settled a California False Claims Act (CFCA) whistleblower case[1] that alleged Office Depot overcharged state agencies for school supplies and other products.  The case […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Taxpayer First Act Helps Whistleblowers New Protections Against Retaliation for Employees Blowing Whistle on Tax Fraud  Awards Exceed $312 Million Last year alone, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) awarded more than $312 million to individual citizens who blew the whistle on tax fraud. Much of the fraud included […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Illegal Kickbacks and Payments for Patient Referrals The Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act Suit Large Whistleblower Reward The FBI estimates that fraud under the federal government’s Medicare and Medicaid programs amounts to $75 billion to $250 billion every year. Each year, individual whistleblowers help the government recoup […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Consumer Credit Card Rights The Credit CARD Act of 2009: What Consumers Need to Know The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was designed to protect consumers from certain credit card and consumer loan practices, among the Bureau’s other responsibilities. The Credit CARD Act of 2009, expanded consumer […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Voya Indexed Universal Life Insurance Products Voya’s Index Credit Accumulation Riders (ICAR) Evans Law Firm, Inc. represents clients who have suffered losses on all types of life insurance and annuity contracts, including equity indexed universal life insurance. Voya Financial, Inc., a financial conglomerate that targets retirement investments, issued […]