ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Owner Convicted Of Involuntary Manslaughter Dementia Patient Killed After Wandering Away Facility Was Not Licensed For Dementia Patients For-profit nursing homes and care facilities often put profits ahead of the level of care they can adequately provide residents.  Examples of cost-cutting measures that endanger residents include reducing staff […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Overcharges on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Contracts Former Defense Contractor Executive Blows Whistle Set To Receive $4.625 Million As Reward Knowingly overcharging the government for goods and services can be a violation of federal and State law depending on which level of government has been defrauded.  See federal False […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Complicated Deferred Annuities Unsuitable For Seniors Beware of High-Pressured Sales Tactics Like “Estate Planning Seminars” “Bonuses” Are Marketing Gimmicks Insurance companies offer sales commissions as high as 10 percent to insurance agents who sell products like long-term deferred annuities to senior citizens.  In our current economic environment, agents […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER IRS And Courts Take Different Approaches One Court Says Rewards Not Taxable Individuals receive rewards when the government recovers from wrongdoers in actions (known as “qui tams”) brought under the federal False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq. The San Diego whistleblower attorneys at Evans […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whistleblower Alleges Illegal Kickback By Drug Maker Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Allegedly Made Patient Copays Through Foundations Whistleblower Will Receive $3.96 Million Out Of $22 Million Settlement Health care providers including drug makers, hospitals, clinics, equipment suppliers, and physician groups are prohibited from paying kickbacks for certain medical referrals under […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Allegedly Stole Nearly $100,000 Charges Include Financial Elder Abuse, Embezzlement and Forgery Couple’s Family Discovered Financial Irregularities Forced isolation of seniors as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, together with the nation’s severe economic downturn have led to a huge spike in financial elder abuse cases throughout […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Isolation And Control Can Lead To Financial Abuse Caregivers, Strangers, Domestic Partners, Second Spouses Can All Be Predators Identifying Signs of Financial Abuse Elder abuse is often associated with behavior that displays outward signs – bruises from physical violence or insults and threats from verbal assaults, for example, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Blowing the Whistle on Bank and Lending Fraud The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 Reports of Bank Fraud May Entitle You To A Reward The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (“FIRREA”), 12 U.S.C. § 1833a et seq., and Financial Institutions […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Home Residents At Growing Risk of Neglect and Abuse Watching for Signs of Neglect and Abuse How Elder Abuse Counsel Can Help Elder laws protect all seniors and their assets. This includes protection for seniors living in a nursing home facility. In these settings, there is always […]