ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A California based nursing home operator has agreed to pay a settlement related to two whistleblower lawsuits.  The settlement is reportedly worth $48 million dollars.  It was alleged that the nursing home operator submitted bills to Medicare for therapy sessions that were unnecessary or never took place.  Ensign […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER San Diego area detectives have arrested a man for elder abuse.  Detectives are calling it their biggest gypsy arrest ever.  The defendant has taken advantage of elderly victims.  The victims are all women in their 80’s.  The defendant is a 35year-old male.  San Diego financial elder abuse attorneys […]

Deferred Annuity Lawsuits On February 12, 2009, a proposed California class-action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court against Texas-based insurer American National Insurance Company (ANICO). The suit alleged that ANICO engaged in illegal, unfair and deceptive business practices in the course of marketing and selling its deferred […]

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ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A Santa Barbara resident has been arrested on financial elder abuse charges.  According to detectives who investigated the case, the defendant took more than $650,000 from an elderly victim.  The victim is an 80 year-old man who has Alzheimer’s.  Santa Barbara financial elder abuse attorneys say that people […]

Last November, the Medical Board of California revoked the license of the former medical director of several nursing homes in the area. Dr. Ray Poon-Phang Seet was cited by the board for several acts of gross negligence, unprofessional behavior, incompetence, and writing prescriptions without prior examinations or medical necessity. According […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Midland National Life Insurance Co. and North American Company for Life and Health Agree to a Multi-State Settlement Regarding Life Insurance Practices.  This was a multi-state examination that included Florida, California, Illinois, Iowa, New Hampshire, North Dakota, and Pennsylvania.  The settlement requires Midland National Life Insurance Co.’s and […]

In the New Year for 2014 there are four new elder protection laws that will affect elder abuse cases in a positive way in California, AB 140 adds the definition of “undue influence” for the California Probate Code (Prob. Code) which generally governs the process of distributing a decedent’s assets […]

Offshore tax havens and finance centers have always had a grey area between tax evasion and tax compliance; however, tax havens and offshore finance centers have always had a large appeal for companies and individuals for exactly that reason. Despite the appeal of offshore tax havens and financial centers, tax […]

San Francisco IRS Whistleblower Lawyers If you are unsure what an IRS (Internal Revenue Service)/tax fraud whistleblower reward is and how it is different from a false claims act case, the San Francisco IRS whistleblower lawyers at Evans Law Firm, Inc. can answer your questions.