Category: Evans Law Firm

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Seniors And Fixed Indexed Annuities High Commissions, Fees, And Surrender Penalties Policy Exchanges As Taxable Events Deferred annuities are complex insurance products.  Carriers that issue the products pay handsome sales commissions to the agents who sell the products to consumers.  With old consumers especially, an agent may propose […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER CFTC Fines Digital Asset Exchange Operator $6.5 Million Civil Penalty CFTC Alleges Fraud In Operations of Trading Platform The U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) polices the options and commodities markets in the U.S and the digital asset/cryptocurrency market. As part of the CFTC’s enforcement tools, the 2010 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Court-Appointed Fiduciaries Wield Great Power What Can Go Wrong And Potential For Abuse Of Power  Court-appointed conservators and other fiduciaries (such as guardians or trustees) wield enormous power over the dependent individuals and properties they are appointed to manage and protect.  Court appointments supersede earlier Powers of Attorney, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Ingrid M. Evans On Financial Elder Abuse And Fraud Financial Exploitation of Seniors By Caretakers, Insurance Agents And Others The founder of Evans Law Firm, Inc., Ingrid M. Evans, was recently interviewed on The Attorney Post on the subject of financial elder abuse.  From the very beginning of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER At Issue: Legal Standard Of “False” Lower Courts Divided On Issue Despite Uncertainties, False Claims Act Cases Increase Individuals with knowledge of fraud against the government are entitled by law to bring cases (known as qui tams) on behalf of the government against corporations defrauding the government.  These […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Evans Law Firm, Inc. Represents Watershed Alliance of Marin and Friends of Muir Woods Park Challenging Coastal Subdivision  Personal Commitment: Changing Habits To Save The Planet  Empowering The Young On Earth Day 2021 And Beyond The Firm’s Commitment Evans Law Firm, Inc. has a broad plaintiffs’ law practice […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unlawful Kickbacks For Drug Prescriptions Alleged Luxury Goods, A New Car, And Cash Allegedly Used As Bribes Expensive Medications Neither Necessary Nor Dispensed Kickbacks for medical services and medications are against the law.  Anti-Kickback Statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b. When the underlying services or drugs are paid for […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Other States Expanding False Claims Statutes  Recoveries For State Tax Fraud Can Be Large Assisting Enforcement Of Tax Laws Earlier this year, the District of Columbia became the latest State to expand its False Claims Act to include tax-related claims. Such tax-related claims include false tax returns that […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Four Years Of Alleged Theft Authorities Allege Forged Checks And Checks To “Cash” Victim’s Trust Dissolved And Allegedly Paid Over To Caregiver Financial elder abuse by caregivers can range from the one-time theft of cash or an unauthorized use of a credit card to sustained embezzlement over years, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Cracking Down On Nursing Home Fraud And Abuse In California Creation Of Operation SAFE (Stop Abuse and Fraud of Elders) Inspection Program To Target Fraud And Elder Abuse California State Attorney General Xavier Becerra, President Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, before leaving […]