ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The manufacturer of the antifungal medication Mycamine has agreed to pay $7.3 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed in 2010 by Frank Smith in a United States District court. The defendant in the case is Astellas Pharma US Inc. and allegations involve False Claims […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The definition of undue influence contained in Welfare and Institutions Code, section 15610.70 was amended by the state of California at the start of 2014. The updated definition of undue influence applies to financial elder abuse and testamentary dispositions. In the past, in order to prove undue influence […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A senior disabled woman has alleged that her caregiver committed abuse. The victim claims that the caregiver she hired made her life miserable. The victim in this case is a 69 year-old woman who had a knee replacement last year and also has fibromyalgia. Since fibromyalgia is a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The federal government has joined a whistleblower lawsuit against two hospital operators. The hospital operators were accused of fraudulently billing Medicare and Medicaid. The healthcare industry has been the target of many false claims cases recently. Many of the whistleblower cases contain fraudulent billing allegations. Los Angeles whistleblower […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The government funds healthcare through Medicare and Medicaid. There are an abundance of whistleblower lawsuits filed that are related to the healthcare industry. The role of the government in funding part of the healthcare system has led directly to the large number of whistleblower or False Claims lawsuits. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER People attending a financial seminar in Los Angeles got more than they planned for when one of the guest speakers was arrested. The guest speaker was arrested on financial elder abuse charges. Jose Carbajal, the guest speaker who was arrested, is a 45 year-old financial advisor. Los Angeles […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it will make another payment to the first whistleblower that got a reward.  The agency made its first reward payment to a whistleblower in 2012.  One of the provisions contained in the 2010 Dodd-Frank legislation is designed to reward whistleblowers for […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A recent nursing home abuse case in Los Angeles has completed its journey through the legal system.  Unfortunately, the Los Angeles County Public Health Department has yet to finish their investigation into the matter.  This case illustrates the problem with the growing backlog of incomplete investigations into nursing […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Recent gains in the stock market have been a source of optimism for investors.  The rising stock market has also broadened the appeal of certain investments that are linked to stock performance.  Two kinds of life insurance policies that connect benefits to stocks are variable universal life and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A Los Angeles area insurance agent accused of defrauding senior citizens was sentenced to five years in jail and ordered by the court to pay $1.2 million to compensate his victims.  He will serve his lockup time at the Los Angeles County Jail.   He was accused of participating […]