ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER All Nursing Home Residents At Risk Neglect Can Be As Fatal As Intentional Abuse Bedridden Patients Particularly at Risk Neglect of the elderly can be as harmful as intentional abuse. Nursing home residents requiring daily care are especially at risk. Understaffing increases the chances of neglect as fewer […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Securities and Exchange Commission Rewards Whistleblowers Any Securities Fraud Can Be The Basis of a Whistleblower Case Reporting Domestic And Offshore Securities Fraud<h3> In April 2020 alone, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) awarded $34 million to whistleblowers who blew the whistle on securities fraud here in […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER How Indexed Universal Life Insurance Works Don’t Be Pushed Into A Purchase Indexed Universal Life Insurance is a complicated life insurance product often sold by insurance agents as a retirement savings or estate planning investment, Do not allow an agent to force-feed you an insurance product which you […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Annuities Are Expensive, Long-Term Insurance Policies Do Not Be Rushed Into An Annuity Commissions, Fees And Surrender Charges  Our lawyers recommend avoiding annuities of any kind, especially for seniors, because sales commissions are high and policies tie up your money for many years. Right now, agents are using […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Wandering: A Real Danger With Alzheimer’s Sufferers Deaths From Wandering/Elopement Caregiver And Nursing Home Negligence Wandering (also known as elopement) is a common behavior for older persons suffering from dementia. The result can be fatal. Dementia sufferers are often under the care of in-home caregivers or facilities charged […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Charging The Government For Unnecessary Medical Tests Whistleblowers Rewarded For Blowing Whistle Health care providers defraud the government when they submit bills under Medicare, Medicaid and other government-backed programs for unnecessary medical tests and procedures. Private citizens who bring such fraud to light are rewarded under the False […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Common Signs of Financial Elder Abuse What You Can Do About It Elder abuse is currently on the rise, and elders are more vulnerable than ever to financial abuse wrought by caretakers, insurance agents, financial advisors, girlfriends or boyfriends of the senior, persons acting under a Power of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Illegal Kickbacks For Prescribing Medical Devices Whistleblowers Rewarded For Blowing Whistle Kickbacks for medical referrals or prescription of medical devices violate the Anti-Kickback Statute, and, when the government is paying for the services, the False Claims Act. 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b (Anti-Kickback Statute); 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER California Law On Duty Of “Highest Good Faith” For Spouses Prohibition of Taking Unfair Advantage In any transaction between married persons in California each spouse is subject to “a duty of the highest good faith and fair dealing” and prohibited from taking “any unfair advantage of the other.” […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER California Law On Gifts to Care Custodians Tightening the Marriage Exemption California law presumes that gifts by an elder or dependent adult to their care custodian are the product of undue influence and void, unless the undue influence presumption is overcome by clear and convincing evidence to the […]