ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Claims Act Cases Against Healthcare Industry Government Announces Another Large Whistleblower Award Of the $3.7 billion in 2017 false claim settlements and judgments, $2.4 billion involved false claims from the healthcare industry. Typically, these false claims cases involved false claims for reimbursement, kickbacks, and other fraudulent schemes […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Long-Term Care Insurance Claims Long-Term Care Insurance has always been sold by agents to help you pay for care when, later in life, you are unable to take care of yourself. Insureds trusted the policies would cover the costs of assisted living care, skilled nursing facilities, and in-home […]

Financial abuse is very common among seniors, and it can cause substantial economic loss as well as emotional damage. A California financial elder abuse attorney should be consulted by those who are victimized by financial abuse. Unfortunately, far too many cases of elder abuse ever get reported. Seniors often cannot […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Creating and Amending Trusts Many Californians, especially seniors, create trusts to hold their assets. The trusts may be fully revocable by the individual creating the trust (known as the “settlor”) or irrevocable during the settlor’s lifetime.  If revocable, the settlor can change or amend the trust provided he […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whole and Universal Life Insurance Whole and Universal (a mix of whole and term) life insurance policies are sold by agents as tax-deferred savings vehicles. Often the sales pitch to younger consumers is for retirement or education savings.  For seniors, the pitch includes retirement savings and death benefits […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Internal Revenue Service Whistleblower Awards The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) pays awards to people who provide specific and credible information to the IRS if the information results in the collection of taxes, penalties, interest or other amounts from the noncompliant taxpayer. For years, the IRS argued that fines […]

Fraud is far too common within the financial services industry, and victims of dishonest behavior by financial professionals need to consult with a California whistleblower attorney to understand the options available to them for pursuing a remedy. Unfortunately, identifying and proving that fraud has occurred can be difficult in most […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whistleblower Prevails Against Corporation Many California whistleblower/qui tam cases are brought under the False Claims Act when the whistleblower (also known as a “relator”) has information of false claims being made for government payments or reimbursements. In order to dissuade whistleblowers from bringing such enforcement actions, corporations often […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Elder Abuse Financial elder abuse is an epidemic throughout the country and San Mateo County is no exception. A recently published local story revealed that a financial abuser had taken roughly $350,000 in electronic transfers from an 84-year-old San Bruno resident over a period of months.[1]  The […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Think Twice Before Buying an Annuity If you are over 60 and nearing retirement, you may be losing sleep over whether you’ll have enough income for your retirement years from your combination of pension benefits, Social Security, and personal retirement savings. Insurance agents and advisors, who stand to […]