Gold-Plated Pensions: Democratic Party Platform Emphasizes Retirement Benefit Protection
A draft version of the Democratic Party’s official platform makes it a priority to protect various retirement benefits – public and private defined benefit pensions and Social Security ...
Extended Stay: Elderly Ex-Marine Held Captive in a Motel Room for Four Years
An 86-year-old ex-Marine suffering from dementia was freed last week after being held captive in a motel room for four years. He reportedly survived on approximately one bowl of cereal ...
Whistleblowing: Texas Dep. of Aging Sued by Ex-Employee For Alleged Mismanagement of Home Health Information
A recently fired employee of the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the state agency for allegedly mismanaging information submitted ...
As Cases Multiply, Officials Scramble to Stop Abuse of Nursing Home Residents on Social Media
This story was originally published on ProPublica, and was co-published with NPR’s Shots blog and the Des Moines Register.
By Charles Ornstein and Jessica Huseman, ProPublica
When ...
Candid Camera: Hidden Camera Catches Nursing Home Worker Suffocating Wheelchair-Bound Resident
A twisted version of Candid Camera played out in South Dakota this month as a nursing home worker pleaded guilty to abuse charges after being caught on a hidden camera feed suffocating ...
GOP Platform Includes Points On Long-Term Care, Elder Abuse
It’s hard to predict whether the GOP’s loose-cannon presidential candidate will stick to any script.
Nevertheless, the Republican National Committee released the Party’s official ...
Law of Robotics: Massachusetts Wants Consumers to Know Fees, Limitations of Robo-Advisors
The Massachusetts Securities Division released regulatory guidance for investment firms that use a robo-advisory service to manage client accounts, requiring them to disclose more pertinent ...
SEC To Prioritize Mutual Fund Fee Disclosure
The SEC’s investor advocate is prioritizing fee disclosure in the $16 trillion mutual fund market, according to a report.
An article on BenefitsPro explains:
In his most recent report, ...
SEC Unveils New Proposed Broker Scorecard
As a response to the call for regulating conflicts of interest and opacity of market structures in investments, the SEC unveiled a new proposed scorecard that will require brokers to ...
Financial Literacy Like Teaching a Dead Language: A Legal Critique and Overview
In much legal and financial writing, financial literacy is like a wonder drug that will cure financial fraud.
But is it the cure? Kendall Grant penned a paper in a recent issue of the ...
