ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elopement (Wandering Off) A Serious Risk With Elderly Dementia Patients Holding Nursing Homes Accountable Earlier this year, a California care home owner was sentenced to jail for the death of a 65-year-old dementia patient struck and killed by a car when he wandered out of the care home […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Blowing the Whistle on Bank Fraud How the Process Works The government rewards whistleblowers who aid prosecutors in going after fraud against the government and its agencies. A number of federal government agencies maintain whistleblower programs but when the fraud is related to banks and other federally insured […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER California Law on Inactive Accounts Do You Have Any Old or Inactive Accounts? Banks Cannot Just “Keep” Your Money Do you have any old passbook savings, CDs or other old accounts you haven’t touched for years? Do not just throw them out.  You may still be able to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Judge Renders $339.4 Million Judgment In Healthcare Fraud Case Former Employee Blew The Whistle On Giant Fraud Overbilling On A Massive Scale A federal judge just last week entered a $339.4 million judgment against four defendants in a massive whistleblower (also known as “qui tam”) case of Medicare […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER  Ponzi Schemes Increasingly Target Older Investors Older people have more money to invest. After years of savings and with the children educated and on their own, seniors should take comfort in a nest egg for future years. But unscrupulous brokers, insurance agents and stock promoters target seniors for […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Home Residents at Risk of Abuse and Neglect Emotional Abuse A Significant Danger Taunting An Elderly Patient Tales of abuse of the elderly in nursing homes are heartbreaking and sadly new stories of nursing home abuse have become routine. In one recent case,[1] two nursing home aides […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Important False Claims Act Case for Sales of Defective Drugs Senator Grassley Questions Why Government Moved to Dismiss Evans Law Firm, Inc. represents the Whistleblowers/Relators in U.S. ex rel. Campie and Campie v. Gilead Sciences, Inc., No. C-11-0941 EMC (N. D. Cal. Mar. 28, 2019), a False Claims […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Indexed Annuities Are Complex and Expensive SEC Issues Bulletin Warning Consumers of Risks Our lawyers recommend you always beware when an insurance agent tries to sell you annuities or life insurance, particularly if you’re a senior. Annuities are complicated insurance products with a lot of red flags for […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Universal Life Insurance Pacific Life Policies Insurance agents and financial advisors often suggest California consumers purchase universal life insurance as a savings vehicle for the future, especially indexed universal life insurance (IULs). Our lawyers recommend against these costly, complicated policies, and advise you to be prepared when an […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Guggenheim Partners/Security Benefit Life Insurance Company Total Value Annuities (TVAs) The life insurance and annuity attorneys at Evans Law Firm, Inc. represent California clients who have suffered losses on all types of life insurance and annuity contracts, including indexed annuities and equity indexed universal life insurance. Indexed annuities […]