Category: Evans Law Firm

The whistleblower division is responsible for processing thousands of tax whistleblower claims annually. Private individuals, known as whistleblowers, are authorized to bring on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service division a tax fraud suit to recover money lost. The IRS division shares the money recovered with the whistleblowers, and because […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER What Makes Annuities Sell? Annuities have become a very prominent part of the financial landscape, with large numbers of senior citizens buying them in order to secure their financial future. Looking at the details of the product, however, it’s not clear that any of the many types of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A $125 Million Settlement Put Skilled Nursing Facilities on Notice A Qui Tam Lawsuit against the Kindred/RehabCare Nursing home company has just settled for $125 million, according to the law firm that handled the case. The claims, levied under the False Claims Act, were that nursing homes owned […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Potentially Pitfalls of the Annuity There’s a lot of contention surrounding the annuity, an increasingly common financial product as the population ages. Opinions range from embracing the product to utterly disavowing it. There’s one thing that both sides of the argument can agree on: the wrong annuity […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Changing Annuities Rules May Even the Playing Field We’ve spoken a lot about the convoluted rules governing the financial products that are grouped under the name “annuities.” This moniker can cover a staggeringly wide variety of related products and categories, including deferred variable, indexed, and numerous other obscure […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Ins and Outs of the Annuity Who’s paying for your annuity? If you own an annuity or are thinking or purchasing one, you probably know what’s supposed to happen with your money. You pay a lump sum up front, and the company you purchased it from guarantees […]

What Protections are guaranteed to Whistleblowers? A whistleblower is an employee who reports fraud executed by his or her company to the federal authorities or the authorities in California. To constitute a qui tam case, the company has to misappropriate the funds received by the government and the whistleblower has […]

Nursing Homes and Alzheimer’s Patients Elders can be the target of abuse in nursing homes. They are in a weak position and need someone take care of them for their daily life and medications. Sometimes, a nursing home employee may influence an elder and abuse them. The abuse could be […]

Collaboration between Attorney General Kamala Harris and AARP California to Protect Seniors from Fraud and Abuse In California, seniors are really representatives of this state, but also are vulnerable. They are the targets of many fraud and abuse schemes. Moreover, when they are old and alone, they are the perfect […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Final Arbiter What is arbitration? Though you may not know what arbitration is, you’ve almost certainly agreed to it. Mandatory arbitration has been a common feature of contracts for years: buried deep in the iTunes renewal contract or a cable provider’s paperwork, there’s probably a clause that […]