ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER When Agents Betray Principal’s Trust Powers Of Attorney Impact Financial And Personal Matters What To Do When Power Abused In California and elsewhere, Powers of Attorney (POAs) can cover financial matters and also health and personal care matters and medical needs.  The California Probate Code provides standard forms […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unsupported Diagnoses Allegedly Submitted To Medicare Advantage False Claims Act Case Settles For $6.3 Million Former Employee To Receive $1.5 Million Whistleblower Reward The federal government rewards whistleblowers who present credible, original information of false claims made to government agencies for payments and reimbursements. The whistleblowers bring their […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER SEC Offers Important Suggestions For Senior Investors Know The Investment Professional Or Salesman You Deal With Ask Questions And Never Be Rushed Into Decisions The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in recent years has focused considerable enforcement efforts on financial elder abuse and fraudulent investment schemes aimed […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER $24.9 Million Settlement Of Mortgage Lending Requirement Violations  Lender Allegedly Issued FHA-Insured Loans To Ineligible Borrowers Whistleblower To Receive $4.98 Million Reward Fraud committed by mortgage lenders in government-insured home loans constitutes violations of applicable federal home lending and housing laws and regulations and the False Claims Act.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Manufacturer Reportedly Settles Case For $18 Million Former Compliance Officer Blew Whistle Whistleblower Will Receive $2.65 Million From Settlement The leading source of fraud against the federal government is within the healthcare sector.  Each year the government pays out billions to false claims or to healthcare providers who […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Staff Members Allegedly Abused Senior in Group Home Arrests for Physical Elder Abuse Seniors can be victims of physical and financial elder abuse in their own homes, nursing homes, assisted care facilities, or group homes. Seniors with dementia or other forms of cognitive impairment are most at risk […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Indexed Annuities Are Not Index Fund Investments Indexed Annuity Policy Limitations On Returns Caps, Participation Limits, Annual Fees And Surrender Charges Insurance agents sell indexed deferred annuities to seniors as “safe” investments for income later in life.  But rather than take the selling points at face value, seniors […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Primary Federal Whistleblower Laws And Programs  Whistleblower Awards Available Under Each Whistleblower Program Whistleblowers Also Protected From Employer Retaliation The federal government has a variety of whistleblower programs rewarding Americans for coming forth with information of fraud or false claims against the government.  Each of these programs also […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Sexual Assaults Of The Elderly Assaults Constitute Elder Abuse Institutionalized Seniors Are Vulnerable Just last week, San Francisco police arrested an individual for the alleged attempted rape of a 73-year-old woman.[1]  In the particular arrest the senior was outside on the street at 7AM. But institutionalized seniors are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial, Physical, Sexual And Emotional Elder Abuse  Millions Of Older Americans Abused Every Day Look For Signs And Get Elder Counsel Assistance Physical abuse and financial abuse of seniors is really increasing in these troubling times.  Seniors are caught between two very dangerous trends: the economic downturn which […]