Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act of 2017 Federal Legislation Protects Seniors Elder abuse is about to receive the full attention of Congress. A new bill entitled Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act of 2017 breezed through the Senate Judiciary Committee last week on its way to the Senate floor […]

The Unhealthy Truth: Healthcare Professionals Committing Fraud In 2016 alone, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) recovered over $4.7 billion in civil cases regarding fraud. . Of the $4.7 billion recovered by the Department of Justice for fraud claims in 2016, a whopping $2.5 billion was attributed to the healthcare […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Institutions Now Have An Obligation To Stop Elder Abuse The Facts Every year on average a staggering $2.9 billion is taken from elders in financial abuse scams! In fact, many believe the economic toll may be much higher as cases are often never reported or perhaps never […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Why You Should Think Twice about Equity Indexed Universal Life Insurance Equity Indexed Universal Life Policies Chances are, if you haven’t already, you may well hear in 2017 from a life insurance agent selling indexed life insurance, whether you live in Marin County or not. That is, life […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Annuities: The Epitome of Bad Investments Annuities Well-known money manager Ken Fisher recently said with his trademark feistiness, “I hate annuities… and so should you.” He’s not just being cantankerous. His advice is really on the mark here: annuities may seem like attractive investments but, in reality, they’re […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Paying To Get It; Paying To Toss It: Surrender Charges Whole Life Insurance Whole life insurance policy holders usually walk away from buying their policy thinking they have set themselves up well for the future. But the question remains: have they? There are certainly competing views about whole […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Most Important 2017 Nursing Home Laws Explained Nursing Home Laws As we begin 2017, we at Evans Law Firm wanted to take some time to discuss the reform in nursing home laws. New rules and regulations have brought some positive improvements to nursing homes, and they have […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER No Love Lost… But What About Insurance Policies? Life Insurance and Beneficiaries There are millions and millions of dollars in life insurance benefits that go begging every year. In an isolated case, you can easily imagine how it happens in our world – a person takes out a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Responsibility Matters: What to Know and How to Do It Whistleblowing Whistleblowing is a difficult topic, often because people are reluctant to do it out of uncertainty or unease or, worse, fear of retaliation. But in many cases it is the responsible course of action when one is […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER If You See Something… Blow the Whistle?   Whistleblowing Whistleblowing in the workplace may not be something you hear about often. For anyone who may not know exactly what this entails, whistleblowing is an employee informing someone else about illegal or unethical acts being done by their employer […]