ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Social Isolation And The Danger Of Elder Abuse Staying In Touch More Important Than Ever Financial Abusers Take Advantage Of Isolation As our litigators have shared before, social isolation is a common denominator in almost all the financial elder abuse cases we see. When a senior is isolated, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Home Residents at Risk Negligence, Neglect, and Intentional Abuse Dementia Patients Particularly at Risk Nursing home residents are at risk of harm from staff negligence, neglect, abandonment and even intentional abuse such as rape, sexual assault, battery, intentional overmedication, and other forms of abuse. Dementia patients are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Understand The Costs And Downsides Deferred Annuities Are Insurance Policies Not Fund Investments Do Not Be Rushed Into A Sale When selling annuities to senior citizens, insurance agents may gloss over the fine print and leave out some important details about how annuities actually work. Our litigators recommend […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Disagreement Over Government’s Power To Dismiss Senator Grassley Speaks Out Again Since early 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has actively sought to dismiss dozens of cases brought by whistleblowers under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq. Senator Chuck Grassley (R.-Iowa), a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Government Rewards Blowing The Whistle On Healthcare Fraud Whistleblower Cases Under The False Claims Act  Under the False Claims Act (FCA),31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., the federal government rewards whistleblowers who present credible information of false claims made to the government for payments and reimbursements under programs […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elderly Nursing Home Residents at Risk  Cases of Sexual Assaults and Rape Increase Dementia Patients Particularly at Risk More and more incidents of sexual misconduct in nursing homes appear in the news these days including a recent arrest of a nursing aide for inappropriately touching a elderly resident.*  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Wants Whistleblower Help Blowing The Whistle On Fraud CFTC Announces Large Whistleblower Award The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) rewards individuals who provide original information to the CFTC about fraudulent trading schemes in futures, options, foreign currency, virtual currency and commodities like gold […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Understand The Drawbacks Annuities Are Insurance Policies Not Investments Do Not Be Rushed Into A Sale Insurance agents use market downturns like the one we saw in March to push fixed indexed annuities as a “safe” alternative for retirement savings. Don’t let an agent sell you anything until […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Cash, Checks, and Personal Information Caregivers Steal Property and Identity Preventing Caregiver Theft In-home caregivers have access to a senior’s cash, bank accounts, other valuables and perhaps worst of all confidential information that provides access to accounts or impersonation of a senior in financial matters. In one recently […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Trust Disputes: Invalid Trusts and Breaches of Fiduciary Duty Fighting Against Trustee Misconduct Many Californians create trusts to hold assets to allow continuity of financial management if they become incapacitated. Trusts are a good way to protect assets, but when a settlor suffers from cognitive impairment, a greedy […]