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ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER  Government Agencies and the Fiduciary Rule Putting You First Last year, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced its fiduciary rule which applies primarily to retirement investment advisors; the rule requires your advisor to put your interests first when it comes to retirement savings recommendations. Recently, the Securities and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Elder Abuse And Annuities Financial elder abuse takes many forms and comes from many different directions. Unscrupulous insurance agents are among the financial predators of seniors.  In a recent publicized case[1] from San Diego, an insurance agent is facing criminal charges for churning annuities he sold to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Elder Abuse Senior victims of financial elder abuse are frequently targets of abuse from the very people they have entrusted to care for them or manage their financial affairs once they have lost the ability to manage for themselves. Courts often characterize the relationship between the senior […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER RiverSource Life Insurance Company Deferred Annuities The financial elder abuse and annuity attorneys at Evans Law Firm Inc. represent clients who have suffered losses on all types of annuity contracts, including fixed, indexed, and variable deferred annuities. These contracts charge sales commissions, rider fees and other benefit charges, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Claims Whistleblower Cases Awards The False Claims Act allows private persons (known as “relators” similar to “whistleblowers”) to file a lawsuit[1] against individuals, businesses and other entities that have directly or indirectly defrauded the federal government.  2017 was a banner year for relator/whistleblower cases under the False […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Elder Abuse And Investment Accounts Seventy percent of personal wealth in the U.S. is held by seniors, and the senior population is growing rapidly. Ten thousand Americans turn 65 years old every day, a pace that won’t slow down until around 2030. As one regulator put it, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Identity Theft and Credit Reporting Bank and Lender Obligations Each year millions of Americans are victims of identity theft in countless ways. Thieves access bank accounts, credit cards, online payment services, and home equity lines of credit. The consequences for the victim can be more than just the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Elder Abuse Financial elder abuse strikes seniors in San Mateo County and throughout California every day. Often, the incidents pass unreported because of shame or embarrassment or because of memory loss or other cognitive impairment that prevents the victim for remembering or understanding his or her financial […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Claims Act Cases Against Healthcare Industry Of the $3.7 billion in 2017 false claim settlements and judgments, $2.4 billion involved false claims from the healthcare industry. Typically, these false claims cases involved false claims for reimbursement, kickbacks, and other fraudulent schemes against the government’s Medicare and Medicaid […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Camera Catches Elder Abuse Sexual Assault at Adult Care Facility In a recent case outside California, a concealed camera in an 83-year-old patient’s care facility room caught on film the sexual assault of the resident. The perpetrator was a co-owner of the facility.  He later admitted to the […]