ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Are Indexed Annuities Just Over-Our-Heads Difficult? Indexed Annuities Annuities are complex financial instruments. So-called indexed annuities are even more complicated. Yet, these investments are made quite often, which means people could be investing in a product they simply do not understand. And the stakes are incredibly high; often […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Fraud In Contra Costa and Beyond Caregiver Fraud Sadly, cases of caregiver fraud are all too frequent these days. On many occasions, the victims and loved ones are not remotely aware of the fraud until the financial injury is so great that it can no longer be […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Annuities Gone Wrong Annuities Are A Problem Are you someone who has bought an annuity? Have you tried to take out your money and been charged a steep surrender penalty fee? Has your annuity investment lost you money? Sadly, you are not alone; annuity companies and their agents […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Responsibility Matters: What to Know and How to Do It Whistleblowing Whistleblowing is a difficult topic, often because people are reluctant to do it out of uncertainty or unease or, worse, fear of retaliation. But in many cases it is the responsible course of action when one is […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER If You See Something… Blow the Whistle?   Whistleblowing Whistleblowing in the workplace may not be something you hear about often. For anyone who may not know exactly what this entails, whistleblowing is an employee informing someone else about illegal or unethical acts being done by their employer […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Long Term Care Insurance Benefits Denied: What, Why, and How to Fix It Background Knowledge of Long Term Care Insurance Long term care insurance, in essence, is there to, unsurprisingly: take care of you long term. The basis behind the insurance is you purchase it, pay your premiums, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER An Overview of Continuing Care Retirement Communities What are Continuing Care Retirements Communities? As we age, it is important to have a plan. Looking to continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) is certainly not a bad place to start, but it is important to understand what exactly these types […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Role of Physicians in Stopping Elder Abuse The Prevalence of Elder Abuse A recent report published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society brought up the topic of what Doctors, and especially Emergency Room physicians, can do to spot and prevent elder abuse. In California and […]

Marin County Annuity Fraud Attorney: Fiduciary Rule ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Annuity Sales and the Fiduciary Rule The State of the Annuity Market Annuities have a history of being rock-solid investments. A life insurance company, with sizeable government-mandated cash reserves, would take your funds savings, invest them in treasury bonds, and pay […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER When Hospitals Help and Hurt Residents The Continuum of Care Skilled nursing facilities, nursing homes, and continuing care residential communities (CCRCs) are designed to accommodate seniors at different points along what is euphemistically known as the “continuum of care”: namely, the progression of illness and disability that affects […]