Category: Evans Law Firm

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER About one quarter of elderly Americans rely on their children or other family members to help make decisions about their finances. California financial elder abuse attorneys say that this can be quite complicated, and offer a number of tips for helping your parent or other elderly relative with […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced a $600,000 reward for a whistleblower for the first time in a retaliation claim. The whistleblower, a former hedge-fund trader for Paradigm Capital Management, faced retaliation for reporting his concerns about conflicts of interest. The whistleblower received the maximum 30 percent […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER San Mateo County financial elder abuse attorneys say that bank employees can play a significant role in preventing financial elder abuse. Bank workers can often be the first, and possibly only, people in an elderly person’s life who is in a position to detect financial exploitation. Financial exploitation […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Santa Clara County elder abuse lawyers say that the recent death of an 82-year-old woman was ruled a homicide by neglect, after she died in her home when her caregivers allowed her to sit in the same chair without moving for six months. The woman, Barbara Beam, died […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Department of Justice announced new settlements under the False Claims Act, one of which affects Alameda, CA laboratory Singulex Inc, say Alameda County qui tam attorneys. Singulex, along with Health Diagnostics Laboratory of Richmond, VA, agreed to pay $48.5 million to settle charges that they violated the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER California elder abuse attorneys want to advise family members and loved ones on how to select a caregiver, and signs of elder abuse to watch for. Elder abuse is defined as intentional actions that can cause harm or create serious risk of harm to a vulnerable elder, perpetuated […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that it will pay an unidentified whistleblower, a compliance officer, an award of about $1.5 million. This is the second whistleblower award given to an employee with internal audit or compliance responsibilities, after $300,000 was awarded to a compliance officer in […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has launched a toll-free line to support senior citizens and advise them on financial matters. The FINRA Securities Helpline for Seniors is designed to help older investors get neutral, informed advice regarding their brokerage accounts and investments, and avoid seniors from becoming […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Department of Justice has announced that it has intervened in a whistleblower lawsuit against one of the nation’s largest nursing home chains, HCR ManorCare. The Department of Justice alleges that HCR ManorCare, a nursing home chain based in Ohio, overbilled Medicare patients. The whistleblower lawsuit was originally […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER An annuity is a type of insurance product that can be either deferred or pay out income, and is often used as a retirement strategy. The main types of annuities are deferred annuities, fixed equity annuities, indexed annuities, immediate annuities, and variable annuities. The size of the payment […]