Category: Evans Law Firm

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Courts have lowered the level of proof required by employees who want to report a potential fraud or securities violation of the Sarbanes-Oxley act. The 2nd Circuit recently decided in the case of Nielsen v. AECOM Technology Corp that a new “reasonable person” standard would apply to Sarbanes-Oxley […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER When we choose a nursing home to provide for our loved ones, we expect they will be provided compassionate and effective care. Unfortunately, this is too often not the case. Nursing home elder abuse is prevalent and widespread. Residents in nursing homes do not require hospital care but […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Fixed indexed annuities (also known as deferred annuities) are long term investments/insurance that often have penalties or what are referred to in the life insurance industry as surrender charges for 15 years or more, and can have very high fees for withdrawal even if needed for necessary life […]

People around the world, regardless of their age, have grown increasingly reliant on their personal laptops, smartphones, and tablets for a variety of activities—both business and personal. And as our dependence grows, state laws have been changing as well, to fit the new lifestyles these devices encompass. In California, estate […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Physical elder abuse – A Millbrae caregiver will stand trial on assault and physical elder abuse charges.  The caregiver has been accused of beating an elderly Millbrae man on the head and causing serious injuries.  It is alleged that the caregiver hit the elderly man on the head […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial elder abuse – The Los Gatos police department recently took a report from an elderly victim of a sweepstakes scam.  The elderly victim was allegedly defrauded out of large sums of money by suspects whose identities are unknown at this time.  The elderly victim reported being defrauded […]

The United States Supreme Court has granted a petition to review a decision made by the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. In Lawson v. FMR LLC, the decision in question, the Court of Appeals had previously declared that the whistleblower protection outlined in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act did not […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Bankers Life & Casualty Insurance Company is accused of denying legitimate claims for long-term care to elderly patients in a federal class action lawsuit filed earlier this year.  Bankers Life & Casualty Insurance Co. is alleged to have committed elder abuse because it denied and delayed long-term care […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A recent study conducted by the United States Government Accountability Office analyzes the different forms of elder financial exploitation, and what methods federal agencies can employ to best deal with this problem. According to Marin County financial elder abuse lawyers, the GAO study indicates that the federal government […]

By The Evans Law Firm of The Evans Law Firm on Friday, June 7, 2013. -ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER- In April, a bipartisan bill was introduced in the United States Senate that, if passed, would implement stricter means-testing for people applying for low-income veterans’ pension benefits. The proposed legislation, the “Veterans Pension […]