A class action lawsuit is pending in California state court against Pacific Life Insurance Company (“PacLife”) alleging claims on behalf of California purchasers of Pacific Discovery Xelerator IUL indexed universal life insurance policies (“PDX Policies”).  These PDX Policies were issued by PacLife, nationwide, from February 2017 until 2019. Evans Law […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Justice Department Announces Settlement With Private Equity Investor Alleged Billing for Unapproved Procedures Whistleblower Rewarded Whenever an individual blows the whistle on fraud against the federal government or State of California, the individual can be rewarded when the government recovers as a result.  The grounds for the claims […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER  Isolation Primary Risk Factor For Elder Abuse Perpetrators Exploit Isolated Elderly How You Can Help Isolated Seniors The persistence of unintended consequences from the best of intentions has a sad impact on seniors in this pandemic.  The very same safety measures put in place to isolate and protect […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Justice Department Announces $5 Million Settlement Claims Of False Advertising And Kickbacks To Go To Jury Former Sales Representative Initiated Suit In 2002 Health care fraud against Medicare and other government health care programs is the largest source of fraud against the government and ultimately taxpayers. Individuals who […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Foreign Exchange Options Trading Fraud Commodity Futures Trading Commission Polices FX Options CFTC Announces $7 Million Civil Penalty For FX Trading Fraud The U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) polices the options trading markets in the U.S., including the market for foreign exchange options, also known as FX […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A Growing Problem For a Growing Segment of Our Population Over 200,000 Seniors In Santa Clara County All Are Potential Elder Abuse Victims Any senior is potentially a victim of elder abuse and the growing incidents of abuse and the growing elderly population here in Santa Clara County […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Online Access To Social Security Benefits Dementia Sufferers And Invalid Powers of Attorney Seeking Justice For Injured Seniors When seniors suffer a stroke, are hospitalized, or experience deepening dementia, the risk of financial elder abuse becomes very high.  The San Diego County and California elder abuse attorneys at […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Federal Prison Sentence For Defrauding Elderly Couple $1.6 Million Scheme Allegedly Lasted Two Years Thousands Of Phone Calls To Older Couples Produced Hundreds Of Transfers Financial elder abuse is sometimes a single event or transaction but more commonly it is a sustained scheme playing out over time. Reports […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Troubling Facts Of What Hundreds of Senior Californians Suffer  Report Cites Lack of Regulation and Fraud Mismanaged Medications, Infections, And Abandonment At a time when the U.S. population is aging and the hospice industry is booming, a troubling study conducted by the Los Angeles Times found hundreds of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Promoting Alzheimer’s Awareness To Prevent Elder Abuse Act 1 in 10 People Over 60 Experience Abuse Prevalence Much Higher For People With Dementia Disorders Both sides of the aisle in Congress recently united to pass legislation intended to add in the protection for Alzeheimer’s sufferers against elder abuse.  […]