ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 2019: Government Recovers Over $2.1 Billion in False Claims Whistleblower Cases Whistleblowers Rewarded $ 265 Million in 2019 633 New False Claims Qui Tam Suits During Past Year The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) obtained more than $3 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregivers and Financial Elder Abuse Caregiver Accused of Stealing Jewelry And Cash From Several Elderly Patient Preventing Caregiver Theft In-home caregivers have access to a senior’s jewelry, silver, ATM cards, cash, bank accounts and important papers unless you keep them out of reach. Greedy caregivers strike quickly and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Estate Plans Are All About Protecting Loved Ones Keep Your Plan Current The Importance of Powers of Attorney Estate planning is all about protecting you, your spouse, and your children and grandchildren as you age. Revocable Living Trust arrangements and Powers of Attorney can protect you while you’re […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Challenging Invalid Trusts and Trust Amendments Trusts, Trust Amendments, And Financial Elder Abuse Schemes Persons Disinherited By Allegedly Invalid Amendments Can Sue California law is now clear that a person disinherited by a trust amendment has standing to challenge the validity of that amendment in Probate Court. In […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER State False Claims Whistleblower Cases Whistleblowers Rewarded The State of California rewards whistleblowers who bring actions (known as qui tam actions) under the California False Claims Act (“CFCA”), Calif. Gov’t Code §§ 12650 et seq., for false claims made to the State of California for payments or other […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregivers And Others Prey On Lonely Widows and Widowers Isolation Presents the Biggest Risk of Abuse Support Groups, Family, and Friends Can Protect Seniors Nearly 29% of America’s senior population of 46 million people live alone. That’s over 13 million of us.  Seventy percent of that number, over […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregivers and Financial Elder Abuse Caregiver Accused of Stealing $100,000 From Elderly Patient Preventing Caregiver Account Access In-home caregivers have access to a senior’s valuables, credit cards, bank accounts and important papers unless you keep them out of reach. They also have access to a senior’s accounts via […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Elder Abuse Strikes Seniors Anywhere Care Facility Residents Vulnerable To Exploitation Preventing Abuse The risks of financial elder abuse by in-home caregivers is high. But seniors who live in assisted care facilities or nursing homes are vulnerable to financial elder abuse too. Staff members at these facilities […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Neglect of Older Persons Can Be Elder Abuse Seniors Can Be Neglected In Nursing Homes Or By In-Home Caregivers Resulting Bed Sores/Pressure Wounds And Infections Can Be Fatal Neglect of the elderly can be a very dangerous, potentially fatal, form of elder abuse. California expressly includes neglect as […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Empirical Evidence of the Effectiveness of Class Actions Data Shows Societal Benefits Statistical data demonstrates the effectiveness of class actions in achieving two important goals: (1) compensation for persons who have suffered economic injury and (2) deterring corporate misconduct. Indeed, the statistics show that nothing else compares to […]