Category: Evans Law Firm

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Securities and Exchange Commission Awards $450,000 Compliance Officer Reported Concerns To Employer First On March 30, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a $450,000 whistleblower award to a company’s internal compliance officer who provided the SEC with information of his employer’s securities law violations. The officer […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Blowing the Whistle on Bank Fraud Fraud Under The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 How To Report Bank Fraud The government rewards whistleblowers who aid prosecutors in going after fraud. When the fraud is related to banks and other federally insured financial institutions, the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Wandering: A Real Danger With Alzheimer’s Sufferers Deaths From Wandering/Elopement Wandering (also known as elopement) is a common behavior for older persons suffering from dementia, especially those with Alzheimer’s disease. Many dementia patients reside in nursing homes and other care facilities where they need monitoring and supervision. When […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Securities and Exchange Commission Rewards Whistleblowers Any Securities Fraud Can Be The Basis of a Whistleblower Case Over $396 Million Awarded Since SEC Whistleblower Program Began Last month, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced two whistleblower awards in connection with multiple enforcement actions against several companies […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Cash, Checks, and Caregivers The Danger of Checking Accounts in Easy Reach Preventing Caregiver Theft In-home caregivers have access to a senior’s cash, bank accounts, important papers and other valuables if you don’t take precautions to prevent such access. Greedy caregivers strike quickly and one of their schemes […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Kickbacks For Use of Surgical Devices Whistleblowers Rewarded For Blowing Whistle Kickbacks for medical referrals or the use of medical devices violate the Anti-Kickback Statute, and, when the government is paying for the services, the False Claims Act. 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b; 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Interest Rates On Fixed Annuities Plummeting  Do Not Be Rushed Into A Fixed Annuity Insurance agents are using the big Dow drop to push the “safety” of fixed annuities just as carriers slash interest rates on those products. It’s a no-win for consumers. Our lawyers recommend avoiding annuities […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Do Something About Climate Change And Polluted Oceans Lower Your Carbon Footprint And Clean Up Our Beaches Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of Earth Day. Our firm’s founder Ingrid M. Evans and all of us at Evans Law Firm, Inc. long to see the world embrace the revolutionary […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Voya Indexed Universal Life Insurance Products Voya’s Index Credit Accumulation Riders (ICAR) Evans Law Firm, Inc. represents clients who have suffered losses on annuities and certain types of life insurance, including equity indexed universal life insurance. Voya Financial, Inc., a financial conglomerate that targets retirement investments, issued indexed […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Fatal Caregiver Abuse Neglect of Bedridden Senior Results in Death Neglect is a form of elder abuse that can kill a bedridden senior quickly. In a recently reported case with which we were not involved, a bedridden senior died after allegedly being neglected by a caregiver for a […]