Yearly Archives: 2013

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER There was a Government Affairs Forum at the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce highlighting elder abuse earlier this month.  49th District Assemblyman Ed Chau spoke about the elder abuse legislation that he recently filed.  According to Assemblyman Chau and Arcadia elder abuse attorneys, we are seeing more instances of […]

Elder financial abuse is a growing epidemic in the state and around the country, annuity fraud lawyers in California report. Unfortunately, many older people have no one to protect their well being, both physically and financially, and are often susceptible to outside parties who want to embezzle money, take over […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A bay area banking executive and former president of the Montclair Village Association has been accused using her position at a bank to embezzle money from elderly clients.  It is alleged that the banker defrauded at least five different elderly clients out of money totaling nearly $2 million […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER As chief financial officer for a large hospital operator, Ralph Williams was tasked with monitoring contracts and bill pay between his employer, Healthy Management Associates (HMA) and its partners. After discovering inconsistences in the contracts and payments, Williams began an investigation of the contracts. Williams discovered HMA; a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A Bay Area couple was recently charged with elder abuse and accused of embezzling more than $800,000 from an elderly victim.  The couple took advantage of an elderly victim after the death of his wife left him emotionally vulnerable.  The money was spent on a variety of things, […]

The United States Supreme Court has granted a petition to review a decision made by the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. In Lawson v. FMR LLC, the decision in question, the Court of Appeals had previously declared that the whistleblower protection outlined in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act did not […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unethical behavior by brokers has lead to an increase in the number of financial elder abuse incidents occurring in the United States.  In a case that illustrates the growing problem, a 91 year old senior citizen recently discovered that the financial advisor she trusted mismanaged her assets and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whistleblowing employees face unique challenges in building qui tam cases against their employers for violations of the False Claims Act. Challenges such as shielding oneself from workplace retaliation, the perils of internally reporting the violations, making the choice to undertake an internal investigation and risks faced while negotiating […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Bankers Life & Casualty Insurance Company is accused of denying legitimate claims for long-term care to elderly patients in a federal class action lawsuit filed earlier this year.  Bankers Life & Casualty Insurance Co. is alleged to have committed elder abuse because it denied and delayed long-term care […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Three nursing homes in East Bay, California, have been forced to pay high penalties for their hand in the deaths of three facility residents. The nursing homes have been cited for providing poor care for their residents, and for failing to maintain safe environments for residents. Alameda county […]