ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER California Law on Gifts to Care Custodians Tightening the Marriage Loophole for Gifts to Care Custodians California law presumes that gifts – made either during life or at death – by an elder or dependent adult to their care custodian[1] are the product of undue influence (a defined […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Cisco Settles False Claims Act Case Former Consultant Blew Whistle On The Fraud First FCA Case Involving Cybersecurity Cisco has agreed to pay $8.6 million to settle a first-of-its-kind whistleblower case under the False Claims Act (FCA) involving cybersecurity issues.[1]  A former employee of a Denmark-based consulting group […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Deferred Annuities Are Complex and Expensive The Greatest Consumer Risk: Not Understanding What You’ve Been Sold Our lawyers recommend you always beware when an insurance agent tries to sell you annuities or life insurance, particularly if you’re a senior. Annuities are complicated insurance products with a lot of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER New Senate Bill to Extend Whistleblower Protections Whistleblower Protections for Securities and Commodities Law Violations  This past week, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), along with Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), and Dick Durbin (D-III) introduced the Whistleblower Programs Improvement Act (WPIA) that would extend […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whistleblowers May Uncover Violations of Numerous Laws Court of Appeals Upholds Large Verdict Under Federal Banking Law and False Claims Act The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (“FIRREA”) and the Federal Claims Act (“FCA”) both offer rewards to whistleblowers with original information about certain […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Pitfalls of Reverse Mortgages Problems for Surviving Spouses Natural Disasters and Reverse Mortgages “Reverse mortgages are just a terrible idea for seniors, unless they have no other options.” That’s what our own Ingrid M. Evans told a reporter for realtor.com covering a story this past Spring of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Increasing Reports Of Financial and Physical Elder Abuse and Neglect What You Should Do If You Suspect Elder Abuse Throughout the United States and here in Alameda County, elder abuse in every form, and most especially financial elder abuse, is on the rise. As the older population increases, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elopement (Wandering Off) A Serious Risk With Elderly Dementia Patients Holding Nursing Homes Accountable Earlier this year, a California care home owner was sentenced to jail for the death of a 65-year-old dementia patient struck and killed by a car when he wandered out of the care home […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER California Law on Inactive Accounts Do You Have Any Old or Inactive Accounts? Banks Cannot Just “Keep” Your Money Do you have any old passbook savings, CDs or other old accounts you haven’t touched for years? Do not just throw them out.  You may still be able to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Judge Renders $339.4 Million Judgment In Healthcare Fraud Case Former Employee Blew The Whistle On Giant Fraud Overbilling On A Massive Scale A federal judge just last week entered a $339.4 million judgment against four defendants in a massive whistleblower (also known as “qui tam”) case of Medicare […]