Category: Bay Area

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Annuities: The Epitome of Bad Investments Annuities Well-known money manager Ken Fisher recently said with his trademark feistiness, “I hate annuities… and so should you.” He’s not just being cantankerous. His advice is really on the mark here: annuities may seem like attractive investments but, in reality, they’re […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER J.P. Morgan is Exposed for IRS Fraud J.P. Morgan and the IRS After settling a lawsuit for over $300 million just about a year ago, J.P. Morgan is now potentially in some trouble with the IRS. A former employee and now whistleblower has just come forward to express […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Most Important 2017 Nursing Home Laws Explained Nursing Home Laws As we begin 2017, we at Evans Law Firm wanted to take some time to discuss the reform in nursing home laws. New rules and regulations have brought some positive improvements to nursing homes, and they have […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER No Love Lost… But What About Insurance Policies? Life Insurance and Beneficiaries There are millions and millions of dollars in life insurance benefits that go begging every year. In an isolated case, you can easily imagine how it happens in our world – a person takes out a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Elder Abuse: How To Protect Yourself and Your Loved Ones From Scammers Financial Elder Abuse Elder abuse, particularly financial elder abuse, has become a national epidemic, and is not a problem or trend to be taken lightly. Elder financial abuse ruins lives, and too often is not […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Are We Even Getting To Use Our Long Term Care Insurance? Long Term Care Insurance Long term care (“LTC”) insurance is a heavily debated topic. Some people believe it’s a must, others don’t, and many who think they may need it, find the insurance way too expensive to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Annuities Gone Wrong Annuities Are A Problem Are you someone who has bought an annuity? Have you tried to take out your money and been charged a steep surrender penalty fee? Has your annuity investment lost you money? Sadly, you are not alone; annuity companies and their agents […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Responsibility Matters: What to Know and How to Do It Whistleblowing Whistleblowing is a difficult topic, often because people are reluctant to do it out of uncertainty or unease or, worse, fear of retaliation. But in many cases it is the responsible course of action when one is […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER If You See Something… Blow the Whistle?   Whistleblowing Whistleblowing in the workplace may not be something you hear about often. For anyone who may not know exactly what this entails, whistleblowing is an employee informing someone else about illegal or unethical acts being done by their employer […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Role of Physicians in Stopping Elder Abuse The Prevalence of Elder Abuse A recent report published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society brought up the topic of what Doctors, and especially Emergency Room physicians, can do to spot and prevent elder abuse. In California and […]