Category: Evans Law Firm

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Growing Problem of Financial Elder Abuse Financial Elder Abuse Financial elder abuse is a growing problem in our backyard of Los Angeles, California and across the country as well. Even just the numbers are shocking. For instance, it is estimated that around 5 million seniors are the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Insatiable Appetite for Commissions Broker Stops At Nothing For Commission Dollars Sales commissions in the life insurance/annuity business are big. Typically, annuity commissions hover at 10% and whole life commissions much higher, at least in the first year of premium payments. In a recent case, a broker […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Annuity Sales Commissions: A Closer Look Broker Dealers Cracking Down Annuity sales generate large commissions, often around 10% or more of premium. And the size of the commission is only part of the story. The well-kept secret (among salespeople) is that the longer the surrender charge period (i.e., […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Terrible Truth of Financial Elder Abuse Financial Elder Abuse Vulnerable populations are often the easiest to take advantage of, and elders are no exception. Financial elder abuse is a crime on the rise, and it costs elders, families, caretakers, and even the government a great deal of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Beneficiaries Exerting Undue Influence: Writing Other Beneficiaries Out Of Trusts Beneficiaries Whether money is the root of all evil or not, it sure causes a lot of problems. Perhaps most poignantly within families, where greed, old grudges or resentments displace love and affection. Whatever the scale and wherever […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Hospital and Nursing Home Accountability Government Agency Wants Inspection Results Publicized In a groundbreaking announcement, federal authorities are pushing to have details of hospital and nursing home inspections made public. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently proposed that the results of private inspections of medical […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Abuse: Yet Another Form of Elder Abuse Elder Abuse Currently, the largest generation ever in our country’s history is becoming senior“. Growing old brings big change in one’s life and as more and more of our population ages the changes – and adjustments – to aging become […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Exploitation of Elders: A Crime on the Rise Financial Elder Abuse The elderly population in America is steadily growing, as our baby boomers become senior citizens. In fact, about 10,000 individuals turn 65 every single day, which is making “elderly” a very steadily-increasing sector of our population. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Following Up On CNN Report of Nursing Home Abuse What’s Being Done? We at Evans Law Firm wrote before on the recent, terrible CNN story about nursing home abuse. To recall, CNN last month reported on cases of sexual abuse in nursing homes occurring throughout the country at […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER San Francisco Prosecutor Awarded $2 Million In Highly-Anticipated Case Whistleblower Case Recently, a San Francisco jury ruled in favor of a San Francisco prosecutor who alleged that she was terminated from her place of work for trying to dig deeper into some suspected fraud and city corruption. In […]