Disability Law

Spencer v. Hartford - 4

Posted on November 22, 2009
During the recent NASP 2009 Annual Meeting, a panel of primary and secondary market experts identified the civil RICO allegations in the Spencer v. Hartford class action lawsuit as a textbook example of some of the worst structured settlement business...

NASP 2009 Annual Meeting - 3

Posted on November 20, 2009
This blog post continues S2KM's summary and analysis of the NASP 2009 Annual Meeting. Prior S2KM blog posts about NASP are accessible on S2KM's structured settlement wiki. NASP's 2009 strategic educational analysis occurred primarily during a two-hour panel discussion titled...

NASP 2009 Annual Meeting - 2

Posted on November 16, 2009
The purpose of this S2KM blog post is to summarize educational discussions which occurred at the NASP 2009 Annual Meeting. In a prior post (NASP 2009 Annual Meeting-1), S2KM listed the discussion topics, moderators, speakers and panelists and also identified...

NASP 2009 Annual Meeting - 1

Posted on November 15, 2009
The National Association of Settlement Purchasers (NASP) hosted its 2009 Annual Meeting at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas November 12-13 almost one month following NSSTA and SSP 2009 Fall meetings at the same location. In comparison with traditional...

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Re-thinking Structured Settlements

Posted on October 25, 2009
S2KM's strategic analysis of the structured settlement market continues with an update and re-publication of the structured settlement wiki.

NSSTA 2009 Fall Educational Conference

Posted on October 17, 2009
Meeting at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas on October 15 and 16, the NSSTA 2009 Fall Educational Conference provided a potpourri of perspectives on the central topic of structured settlements. Although lacking a unifying theme and failing to...

Forge Purchases The Settlement Services Group

Posted on October 07, 2009
Attorney Matthew Garretson has announced the sale of his structured settlement agency, The Settlement Services Group, (?TSSG?) to Forge Consulting (?Forge?) a leading plaintiff-exclusive, national settlement consulting company. Garretson said the timing was right for him to focus exclusively on...

Jeremy Babener Interview - 2

Posted on September 27, 2009
S2KM introduced, summarized and reviewed a legal research paper written by Jeremy Babener titled "Structured Settlements and Single-Claimant Qualified Settlement Funds: Regulating in Accordance with Structured Settlement History" (QSF paper), in four prior blog posts: Single Claimant 468B QSF Update;...

S2KM Reviews Jeremy Babener's QSF Paper - 2

Posted on September 23, 2009
While researching his paper titled "Structured Settlements and Single-Claimant Qualified Settlement Funds: Regulating in Accordance with Structured Settlement History" (QSF paper), Jeremy Babener interviewed many structured settlement industry leaders including Patrick Hindert, Managing Director of S2KM Limited...

S2KM Reviews Jeremy Babener's QSF Paper - 1

Posted on September 22, 2009
In prior blog posts, S2KM has: Re-prioritized the strategic issue of single-claimant qualified settlement funds (QSF); Summarized Jeremy Babener's QSF paper. This blog post begins S2KM's review and analysis of Babener's QSF paper. Why is Babener's QSF paper important? Strategic...

Jeremy Babener's QSF Paper

Posted on September 21, 2009
Background and Summary This S2KM blog post summarizes a legal research paper by Jeremy Babener titled "Structured Settlements and Single-Claimant Qualified Settlement Funds: Regulating in Accordance with Structured Settlement History" (QSF paper). Babener's QSF paper will be published in the...

Single Claimant 468B QSF Update

Posted on September 17, 2009
S2KM supports and promotes the application of IRC section 468B qualified settlement funds (QSFs) for single claimants in appropriate cases as a superior settlement planning model benefiting all structured settlement stakeholders. S2KM has previously reported and reviewed professional commentary addressing...

S2P2J Release 46

Posted on September 09, 2009
Incisive Media has announced the publication of Release 46 for "Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments" (S2P2J). Co-authored by Daniel Hindert, Joseph Dehner and Patrick Hindert, S2P2J was first published in 1986 and has since been featured as a recommended...

Jeremy Babener Responds

Posted on July 27, 2009
Because of the interest generated by law student Jeremy Babener?s research concerning lump sum dissipation, S2KM has invited Babener to continue to participate in the resulting online dialogue. Jeremy Babener: First, thank you to structured settlement industry leaders and commentators...

Jeremy Babener Interview

Posted on June 23, 2009
Jeremy Babener , a third year Juris Doctor candidate at New York University has completed a seminal structured settlement paper a copy of which is available for download online in pdf format. S2KM introduced, summarized and reviewed Jeremy Babener's paper,...

Jeremy Babener's Dissipation Paper

Posted on June 23, 2009
Jeremy Babener, a third year Juris Doctor candidate at New York University School of Law, has completed a seminal research paper titled "Justifying the Structured Settlement Tax Subsidy: The Use of Lump Sum Settlements" which identifies and analyzes 12 historical...

Dissipation Studies

Posted on June 23, 2009
The United States structured settlement industry has drifted into an era of unprecedented transition and change with stagnant annuity growth and without any articulated industry strategic plan or strategic planning process. Forces causing structured settlement transition and change: Financial service...

Structured Settlement 2009 Strategic Analysis

Posted on May 16, 2009
S2KM has begun a mid-year 2009 strategic analysis of the structured settlement industry. This analysis includes attending and reporting about 2009 structured settlement professional stakeholder meetings plus continuing conversations with structured settlement industry leaders...

Structured Settlement 2009 Mid-Year Update - 1

Posted on May 13, 2009
S2KM's blog has reported developments within and interactions between "structured settlement" and "knowledge management" since 2004. This blog post begins a new S2KM series titled "Structured Settlement 2009 Mid-Year Update" the purpose of which is to analyze the transitional status...

Secondary Market Law Blog

Posted on May 06, 2009
Katherine Scanlon and Peter Vodola, partners at Pullman & Comley, have announced an exciting new blog titled "Secondary Market Law". Their blog already addresses several sub-topics including structured settlements. This state-of-the-art blog represents a major step forward for the structured...

NSSTA 2009 Annual Meeting - 1

Posted on May 06, 2009
To borrow a baseball analogy from Len Blonder, the National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA) "hit a home run" (or rather a series of home runs) during its 2009 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. April 28-May 1. Blonder's comments to...

Fresno County Factoring Cases - 3

Posted on May 06, 2009
Continuing a series of Fresno County factoring cases, a California court of appeals has ruled favorably for 321 Henderson Receivables, a J.G. Wentworth affiliate, reversing an earlier opinion of California superior court Judge Alan M. Simpson in 11 factoring cases...

SSP 2009 Annual Meeting - 1

Posted on May 03, 2009
The Society of Settlement Planners (SSP) and the National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA) hosted sequential annual meetings the week of April 26 in Washington, D.C. This blog post begins S2KM's reporting about those meetings. SSP's meeting (titled "Securing the...

SSP and NSSTA 2009 Annual Meetings

Posted on April 27, 2009
The Society of Settlement Planners (SSP) and the National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA) are hosting sequential 2009 Annual Meetings this week in Washington, D.C. S2KM will attend both meetings and publish reports and commentary next week...

Spencer v. Hartford - 3

Posted on April 18, 2009
Spencer v. Hartford is a class action civil lawsuit potentially involving more than 9000 plaintiffs who received structured settlement annuities from Hartford insurance subsidiaries. The plaintiffs allege: Hartford has conducted a structured settlement program named "Secured Benefit Services" (SBS) since...

Spencer v. Hartford - 2

Posted on April 07, 2009
Spencer v. Hartford is a class action lawsuit currently on appeal to the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals following a decision by the U.S. District Court in Bridgeport, Connecticut granting plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification and Appointment of Class...

Spencer v. Hartford - 1

Posted on April 06, 2009
This S2KM blog post summarizes the Spencer v. Hartford case to date. A subsequent post will offer S2KM commentary. Status Spencer v. Hartford is a class action lawsuit currently on appeal to the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals following...

S&P Withdraws J.G. Wentworth Credit Ratings

Posted on April 02, 2009
Standard & Poor's Rating Services has announced it will no longer rate J.G. Wentworth's counterparty credit and senior secured debt at Wentworth's request. S&P's announcement occurred on March 31, 2009 after Wentworth announced Deutsche Bank had extended a "standstill" agreement...

S2P2J Release 45

Posted on March 24, 2009
Release 45 of "Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments" (S2P2J) is now available from publisher Incisive Media. Incisive Media purchased ALM (American Lawyer Media) in 2008 including publishing rights to S2P2J. Co-authored by Daniel W. Hindert, Joseph J...

Tim Nay Interview

Posted on March 21, 2009
Tim Nay, a partner in the law offices of Nay & Friedenberg, is one of the leading special needs and elder law attorneys in the United States. As an adjunct to his legal career, Nay was also educated as a...

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