ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Important Elder Protections Under The Law Provisional Remedies To Protect Seniors Attorneys’ Fees Awards Financial elder abuse is a crime and grounds for a civil lawsuit for damages under California law.  See Cal. Penal Code § 368 (crime of elder abuse) and Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 72-Year-Old Victim Stolen Money Used To Buy BMW, Rolexes And Bahamas Cruise 20 Fund Transfers From Client’s Account Older persons may not be able to monitor their own financial accounts and if they do not have someone they trust looking things over, they can become victims of undetected financial […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Make Up For Lost Visits This Labor Day Enjoying Safe Reunions Checking In With Seniors Every Holiday Happy Labor Day!  Be sure to include senior loved ones in your holiday plans – it’s finally a possibility once again.  Lockdown left seniors more isolated than ever and now is […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Former Call Center Employee Blew Whistle On Alleged Fraud  Allegations Of Kickbacks And Ineligible Recipients Waived Co-Pays Illegal  Healthcare providers of all sorts receive revenue from government reimbursements under government-sponsored health programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and the VA.  Health care spending in the U.S. reached $3.8 trillion in […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations Of Unauthorized Credit Card Use And Forgery Family Discovers Financial Irregularities Caregiver Allegedly Increased Reverse Mortgage Balance As we have written before, every time a stranger or caregiver enters the home of an elderly person there is a risk of financial elder abuse.  We have seen cases […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Rising Premiums And Low Returns Of Universal Life Insurance Potentially Misleading Policy Illustrations Limitations On Growth Insurance agents often sell Indexed Universal Life Insurance as a tax-deferred estate planning investment, using the same sales pitch agents often use for deferred annuities. We recommend against indexed universal life insurance […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Felony Abuse Charge Untreated Pressure Wound Failure To Notify Physician And Family Physical abuse and neglect of elders is a crime, Cal. Penal Code § 368.  Elder physical abuse and neglect are also the bases for civil actions for damages. See Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code §§ 15610.63 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Stopping Trustee Theft  Removal And Surcharge Remedies Appointing Successors Many Californians, especially seniors, create trusts to hold their assets, and there is a whole division of the California Probate Code that governs trusts.  See Cal. Probate Code §§ 15000-19530.  The individual creating the trust, referred to as the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Jail Sentence For Defrauding Seven Seniors Caregiver’s Third Conviction For Financial Elder Abuse Investigation Lasted Twenty Months Financial elder abuse is sometimes a single event or transaction but more commonly it is a sustained scheme playing out over time. Either way, each and every act of financial elder […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Overpaying Physicians As Form Of Illegal Kickback Internal Audit Director Blows Whistle Whistleblower Will Receive 15-30% of $21.25 Million Healthcare providers in the U.S., including hospitals and clinics, are subject to a number of statutes to prevent any fraudulent billing under government programs like Medicare and Medicaid.  When […]