ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Life Insurance Churning Millions of older Americans have whole life insurance policies with accumulated cash value. Typically, they were sold those policies when they were much younger as a tax deferred savings vehicle, passing the accumulation on to their children when they died.  Some insurance agents spot these […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Internal Revenue Service Issues 2018 “Dirty Dozen” Tax Scams Whistleblowers Aid Enforcement And Get Rewards The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rewards people who provide specific and credible information to the IRS regarding tax scams. Each year the IRS announces its “Dirty Dozen” tax scams[1] to be targeted for […]

Notifying Bank, Lender and Credit Reporting Agencies Each year millions of Americans are victims of identity theft. Thieves access bank accounts, credit cards, online payment services, and home equity lines of credit. You need to know what you should do and what your rights are in such circumstances. The California […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Beware of Deferred Annuities Many analysts see a market correction on the horizon as severe as the drop ending the dotcom bubble back in 2000. Insurance agents seize on such negative forecasts when pushing seniors and those soon to retire toward fixed or indexed annuities and life insurance. Proceed […]

Evans Law Firm, Inc. attorney Ingrid M. Evans appears on NBC Bay Area News tonight at 6 speaking up for consumers!  Chris Chmura and James Jackson of NBC Bay Area Responds take on the Administration’s efforts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.  For their story, the reporters reached out […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER  Long-Term Care Insurance Claims Long-Term Care Insurance has always been sold by agents to help you pay for care when, later in life, you are unable to take care of yourself. Insureds trusted the policies would cover the costs of assisted living care, skilled nursing facilities, and in-home […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The $78 Million Man Whistleblower awards just keep growing. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced this week that an investigative whistleblower will receive a combined award of $78 million for information he provided that a large national bank steered customers to […]

Elder abuse is a major problem throughout the United States and one big issue is that many of the victims of elder abuse are unable to speak up or provide sufficient evidence for action to be taken. Seniors are often vulnerable to abuse because they have dementia or other conditions […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER  What Are Powers of Attorney? A Power of Attorney (POA) is a very important legal document where the principal authorizes an agent to act on the principal’s behalf in business transactions and more. California seniors often execute POAs when their own ability to manage their affairs becomes impaired […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whistleblowers and Healthcare Fraud Health care fraud costs the country tens of billions of dollars a year. Even worse, patients are often harmed in these schemes when their care is subordinated to the greed of healthcare providers perpetrating the fraud.  Frauds include false billing, improper diagnoses, kickbacks, sales […]