Advocates for Justice
- Posts by Anne Marie Murphy
PartnerAnne Marie Murphy is a Principal at Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP, where she practices civil litigation focusing on complex commercial litigation, class actions, public nuisance litigation, consumers’ rights and elder ...
In you have a brokerage account it is subject to oversight by FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority). Over the past several years FINRA has implemented new protections for senior citizens. An ...
Over the past several years we have posted news about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”). As attorneys focused on socially just causes, we care about the watchdog agency that was formed to ...
In September 2017 an East Palo Alto women was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for financial elder abuse. The prosecutors in the case, including San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe ...
From time to time we have posted information about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) because it is an extraordinary agency fighting in the trenches for everyday consumers against big ...
On Monday, July 10, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued a rule that will halt abusive tactics by credit card companies, banks, and other financial firms to prevent consumers ...
With the median price of home in some Bay Area counties topping the $1 million mark real estate fraud is rampant. There are many types of real estate fraud – from equity stripping to foreclosure rescue ...
If you flew on a domestic flight between October 14, 2016 and January 10, 2017 you heard announcements about the ban on the transport of Samsung Galaxy Note7 devices. This ban was put in place by the Federal ...
Tens of thousands of Californians work in the state’s Skilled Nursing Facilities (“SNF”) and Assisted Living Facilities (“RCFE”). Much of this workforce is underpaid and overworked. Workers who ...
Pyramid and Ponzi schemes describe two types of fraud but lawyers who represent victims of the schemes, as our firm does, know that both types of fraudulent scheme share many characteristics.
Chemical restraints are drugs that are given in nursing homes (skilled nursing facilities) for improper purposes – for example, to make a senior’s behavior more “manageable” and for staff ...
Fraud in nursing homes is rampant and takes every imaginable form – from the small scale (a staff member who take narcotics from elders to sell on the street) – to the massive (systematic defrauding of the ...
Senior advocates, including elder abuse attorneys, have long voiced opposition to the continued use of forced arbitration provisions in nursing home contracts. In a rule that becomes effective November 28 ...
Bedsores – also known as pressure sores, or decubitus ulcers – are extremely painful. They can lead to death. A bedsore is an injury to the skin and tissue caused by prolonged pressure on the skin. To people ...
29 million dressers are being recalled by IKEA for a tipping hazard that has led to the death of at least 6 children. The recall covers dozens of models of dressers, although most news coverage has focused on the ...
As elder law attorneys we help seniors, dependent adults and their families when there has been serious injury or death or large losses of money. Over the years we have worked with hundreds of elders and family ...
May 5, 2016 marks an important day for consumers in the United States, as it is the day that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CPFB) issued proposed rules prohibiting banks and other financial ...
Everyone likes a good deal when shopping. However, if you are one of the millions of Americans who make purchasing decisions based on a comparison of the sale price to the manufacturer's suggested retail price ...
Attorneys who litigate in Federal Court need to be aware of the recent amendments to the FRCP, which went into effect on December 1, 2015, in particular changes to Rule 26, which governs the “duty to ...
On Wednesday, August 19, 2015, CPM and co-counsel Howard Law Firm and Jenkins Mulligan & Gabriel, LLP, filed a lawsuit against Costco, Chareon Pokphand (“CP”) Foods, PCL and C.P. Food Products, Inc. on ...
Continuing Care Retirement Communities (“CCRCs”) are gaining in popularity as an option for senior retirement living. Many CCRCs offer gorgeous surroundings akin to a 5-star hotel. Often they tout ties ...
Criminals and fraudsters often target senior citizens and military veterans – residents who have given much, and who are sometimes among the most vulnerable members of a community. According to the Los ...
The California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR) has reportedly observed a disturbing uptick in elder abuse centered on the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (“VA”) Aid and Attendance benefit ...
