Category: Bay Area

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER San Francisco Annuity Fraud Attorneys Explain Why the World is Turning on Annuities What’s going on with annuities? It seems like annuities are suddenly at the center of a whirlwind in the financial industry. A scathing report by Senator Elizabeth Warren, a story in Forbes: just what is […]

San Francisco Elder Abuse Lawyers Discuss the Facts ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Background Marin County, the gem of the North Bay and one-time wealthiest county in America. Now seen as a nice place to retire or raise the kids, it is also the location of some high-stakes financial elder abuse cases. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER FBI investigates a Riverside nursing home The FBI is seeking any evidence in relation to alleged criminal activity at a nursing facility in Riverside. Our California nursing home abuse attorneys do not know the exact nature of the federal probe because the FBI keeps it under seal, but […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Why We Can Hate Annuities We can hate annuities because the broke-dealers sale these financial products even though these investments could be harmful for the customers. Indeed, the broke-dealers do not have any legal obligation to give the best advice in the interest of their customers. Furthermore, they […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER In a False Claim Act Suit even the Chief Executive Officer is targeted In a False Claim Act suit, a whistleblower reports all fraud in his knowledge executed by government contractors to the federals. But the Department of Justice (DOJ) represented by a Deputy Attorney General, Sally Quillan […]

A False Claims Act Settlement Between Millennium Health and DOJ Millennium Health, also known under the name of Millennium Laboratories, has chosen to settle with the Department of Justice for $256 million to resolve the allegations under the False Claims Act. These laboratories carry out urine drug testing and pharmacogenetics […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER California IRS Whistleblower Lawyer Explains Qui Tam Lawsuits The Supreme Court seized by private companies contracting with the Federal Government to enforce standards for initiate a Qui Tam Lawsuit. The False Claims Act promoting Qui Tam Lawsuits against private companies contracting with the Federal Government. Qui Tam is […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Why do Annuities Have a Bad Reputation? If you’ve been looking into an annuity, it’s almost certain you’ve come across a lot of sources warning you away. Why is that? On the surface, an annuity can make sense: purchasing an annuity now can save money on taxes, provide […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER History of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was created to punish the companies who attempt to compromise records in Federal investigation, especially in bankruptcy or fiscal issues. This rule was codified by the 18 U.S. Code § 1519: “Whoever knowingly alters, destroys, mutilates, conceals, covers up, falsifies, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Income inequality between older women, luck or fate? The New York Times wrote an article about income inequality between two older women but with two different stories. Everyone thinks retirees do well, spending their money on gifts and presents for their grand-children, on travelling, at events and on […]