Category: Evans Law Firm

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Securities and Exchange Commission Rewards Whistleblowers Any Securities Fraud Can Be The Basis of a Whistleblower Case Awards Under Dodd-Frank Act Growing In June, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) awarded $50 million to an individual whistleblower who provided detailed, firsthand observations of misconduct by a company, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Social Isolation Increases Risk Experts Say Elder Abuse Climbing Victims Unable To Reach Out For Help The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that 8 out of 10 COVID-19-related deaths in the United States have been among persons 65 or older. But the pandemic’s toll on […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Seniors Targets of Financial Elder Abuse Strikes Seniors Still At Home Or In Facilities New CFPB Manual May Help Elderly In Facilities The San Francisco financial elder abuse attorneys at Evans Law Firm, Inc. see financial elder abuse of seniors who still live in their longtime homes and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Balanced Growth Accumulator Indexed Universal Life Insurance From Minnesota Insurance Company/Securian Financial Minnesota Life Insurance Company (“Minnesota Life”), part of Securian Financial Group, issues indexed universal life insurance policies in California and throughout the United States under the trade name Balanced Growth Advantage© or Balanced Growth Accumulator©, and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Government Rewards Blowing The Whistle On Healthcare Fraud Whistleblower Cases Under The False Claims Act  Former Employees Bring Alleged Fraud To Light Under the False Claims Act (FCA),31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., the federal government rewards whistleblowers who present credible information of false claims for reimbursements under […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Risks, Costs, Complexity, And Downsides Deferred Annuities Are Insurance Policies Not Fund Investments Do Not Be Rushed Into A Sale Dropping interest rates and market volatility may be with us for quite a while in this new, COVID-19 world. There are still insurance agents and financial advisors with […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Residents at Risk Cases of Sexual Assaults and Rape Increase Dementia Patients Particularly at Risk Dangerous conditions in nursing homes are coming to light more and more as investigations follow the terrible toll of the coronavirus in elder care facilities throughout the State. In one case, investigations led […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Predators Exploit The Dying Spotting Financial Elder Abuse Over the years, our litigators have seen cases where caregivers and others financially exploit seniors suffering from terminal illness, stealing from the dying older person right up until death. These predators take cash, write checks, forge signatures, impersonate the dying […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Illegal Kickbacks For Prescribing Medications Whistleblower Rewarded For Blowing Whistle Kickbacks for prescriptions violate the Anti-Kickback Statute, and, when the government is paying for the services, the False Claims Act. 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b (Anti-Kickback Statute); 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq. (False Claims Act). The government rewards […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Practical Ideas For Monitoring Your Loved One’s Care Preventing Caregiver Theft  Caregiver theft is a real danger for isolated seniors with in-home caregivers, particularly during this time of pandemic when friends and loved ones cannot visit as often as they’d like (or should). The Alameda County financial elder […]