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ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Full and Partial Surrenders or Cancellations of Athene Annuity and Life Company Annuities Athene Annuity and Life Company, formerly Aviva Annuity and Life Company,[1] issues fixed indexed annuities in California under the trade names BCA Elevate©, Balanced Choice ©, and Balanced Choice Annuity Elevate ©. These contracts, like […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Home Residents at Risk of Abuse and Neglect Another Shocking Story of Nursing Home Abuse Elderly patients abused in nursing homes have a 300 percent greater chance of death in the 3 years following the abuse than those who are not abused according to studies.  Sadly, nursing […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Securities and Exchange Commission Pays Out Millions in Whistleblower Awards Whistleblower information about securities law violations can result in big rewards for the whistleblower when the whistleblower brings the information to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The information must be original and cannot be derived from publicly […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Residents with Dementia: Abuse and Neglect When Families are the Only Voice Nursing home residents afflicted with dementia are often unable to speak up for themselves and pursue help when they need it. Such residents are particularly vulnerable to abuse and neglect as they’re largely powerless to complain.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Claims Act Cases For Unnecessary Treatments Pharmacist Brings Large Whistleblower Suit Against Clinic Healthcare fraud against Medicare and Medicaid amounts to billions of dollars every year. Billing for unnecessary treatments is a major type of this fraud.  Whistleblowers bring most of the recovery actions when it comes […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Claims Act Cases Against Healthcare Industry Government Announces Another Large Whistleblower Settlement With help from whistleblowers, the government pursues companies and contractors who defraud the government with false claims for payment or reimbursement. The majority of false claims come from the healthcare industry. Typically, whistleblowers initiate recovery […]

Our founder Ingrid M. Evans speaks out for consumers on NBC Bay Area News tonight at 11!  Tonight’s Bay Area Responds segment looks at what banks may do when customer CDs expire.  NBC zeroes in on how Wells Fargo Bank in particular handled (or mishandled) a senior customer’s longtime CD […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Plan Retirement Investments With Care Americans are increasingly at risk of retiring broke according to thinktanks watching the data. Forty-two percent of Americans have less than $10,000 tucked away for retirement.  So, yes, save as much as you can for the future, but be cautious where you put […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Awards in Federal and California False Claims Whistleblower Cases Both the federal government and the State of California reward whistleblowers who bring actions for false payment or reimbursement claims submitted to the government. The cases are brought under either the federal False Claims Act for federal claims (false […]