Litigation

I'm Cuckoo For Cocoa Puffs, "Gaga" Over Annuity

Posted on October 30, 2010
Granted an annuity is safe and boring and gets its share of disrepect in the press, but if an annuity could talk might it hum something like this, to the tune of the chorus from Paparazzi by Lady... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Structured Settlement Information: Websites With Most Traffic November 2010

Posted on October 29, 2010
Which legitimate structured settlement websites are getting the most Internet traffic? Three Month Trailing Top 10 Global Traffic Rank (Alexa Rank as of 10/29/2010) of Structured Settlement and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

30 Year Treasury Bond Yield Back Over 4%

Posted on October 28, 2010
While the news seems almost pathetic to be raise an eyebrow over, when early in 2010, we were envisioning 5+ % on the 10 year Bond, a higher long term rate trend will boost the yield per settlement... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Is "Why" Is a Reasonable Question for a Resume Omission?

Posted on October 28, 2010
Why would anyone leave gaps on their resume when they have been working more or less continuously? "Since leaving the structured settlement business, where I was a SS broker for 18 years, I have... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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J.G. Wentworth Spammed Me for "Cash Now"

Posted on October 27, 2010
Having received an email from J.G. Wentworth soliciting my business, I was surprised to see the message that "J.G. Wentworth sends these messages to their customers" and furthermore that the email... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Locking in Structured Settlements: Challenges in Structuring Cases With Municipal, State, Wrongful Death and Other Matters With Delayed Funding

Posted on October 26, 2010
Is prudent diversification of a large structured settlement a thrilling exercise for structured settlement planners these days, or is more like spinning plates on sticks while balancing by one foot on a ball? Maybe a little bit of both! A...

Factoring Pharoahs Won't "Let The People Go!"

Posted on October 26, 2010
Remarketing of structured settlement annuitants who have sold a portion of their structured settlement to a factoring company is big business, particularly to those that also service structured settlement payments. Remarketing carries a much lower acquisition cost than new business...

About Court Sniffers Mining Data for Factoring Companies and Your Confidentiality Agreement

Posted on October 25, 2010
Can "court sniffers", or human bloodhounds, employed or retained by some cash now pushers render your confidentiality agreenment essentially useless? You settled the personal injury case several years ago. The settlement agreement provided that none of the parties could speak...

John Darer To Appear on Primary Market Panel at NASP 2010 Las Vegas

Posted on October 25, 2010
The National Association of Settlement Purchasers will hold its annual meeting in Las Vegas NV from November 11-12 2010, dates which coincide with the Fall Educational Meeting of the National Structured Settlement Trade Association. In previous years NASP has featured...

RSL Funding "Bitch Slaps" Imperial Holdings, LLC in Latest Press Release

Posted on October 23, 2010
There's trouble in the structured settlement factoring industry sandbox as RSL Funding issued a press release on October 13, 2010, referring to the Imperial Holdings,LLC Initial Public Offering as a "Repeat of the Dot.com bust" and stated the stock was...

A Little "Kennel Knowledge" On "Plaintiff Brokers Who Stray Off Path"

Posted on October 22, 2010
Industry colleague and LBN CEO Mark Wahlstrom has been running a 2 week online "pep talk" to settlement industry professionals on how to work out the kinks in the industry. During this time he has been meting out barbs about...

Mutual of Omaha To Reinter Structured Settlement Market

Posted on October 21, 2010
The National Structured Settlements Trade Association announced today that Mutual of Omaha will be reintering the structured settlement market. This is great news for injury victims, their attorneys and structured settlement consultants as it offers better price competition and opportunities...

TARP Profit $25.2B: Return On Bailout Can Fund SEC for NEXT TWO DECADES!

Posted on October 21, 2010
Bloomberg reported the sensational headlines " Wall Steet Bailout Returns 8.2% Beating Treasury Bonds" . The report says the return on the bailout can fund the Securities Exechnage Commission for the next two decades. The New York Post headline was...

Mutual of Omaha Structured Settlements Re-Enters "Wild Kingdom" of Litigation Annuities

Posted on October 21, 2010
Mutual of Omaha is back in the structured settlement annuity business. Yeay! This is great news for injury victims, their attorneys and structured settlement consultants as it offers better price competition and more opportunities for diversification for structured settlements...

SuttonPark Capital Targets Certified Structured Settlements Consultants, But That's Not All To THIS Story

Posted on October 20, 2010
If you are a Certified Structured Settlement Consultant seeking alternative employment, apparently a factoring company wants you, for a job in Franklin Tennessee. Here is the link to the advertisement The Job requirements: "High school diploma and a minimum of...

Client First Settlement Funding: Advertising Is "Not Boca Enough"

Posted on October 20, 2010
Why Does Burt Kroner blame his competitors for the abject ignorance of consumers who have fallen on hard times? Check out this solicitation I received from him Download Client First Robbed advertisement 10-11-2010. Consumers in need of liquidity have an...

Cache Me If You Can: Lessons from the 'Dog Pound

Posted on October 18, 2010
So Fort Worth settlement planner Dirk Weeks of Structured Annuities, Inc. calls me about the "Woobie post". After saying how much he appreciates how much we are doing to help clean up the accuracy of information disseminated by the industry,...

Social Security and SSI: No COLA for 2011. Wage Base Stays At $106,800

Posted on October 17, 2010
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits will not increase in 2011, according to the Social Security Administration (http://www.ssa.gov/) in a report published October 15, 2010 Benefits will have now not increased for two years on the trot...

Your Adviser's Structured Settlement Orientation Doesn't Matter If The Information Isn't Good

Posted on October 16, 2010
The following is a direct quote from the website of a member of the Registry of Settlement Planners Board that is inaccurate: "Instead of taking the entire settlement or judgment in cash, you have the option to ?structure? all or...

Structured Settlement Comparisons: Giving Up The Hartford "Woobie"

Posted on October 16, 2010
The Spencer v Hartford class action settlement apparently isn't the only legacy of The Hartford in today's structured settlements industry. You see, as of October 15, 2010 , 5 or more structured settlement companies cannot let go of information from....

The Unclear Clairvoyant

Posted on October 15, 2010
Based on the content of its website, a member of the structured settlement industry has chosen to celebrate the "oxy moron" in all of us. To wit: 1. "Evaluation and assistance in life care planning Knowing exactly what the future...

Hedge Fund Crook's "Bear-er Bombs" Raise $1.7M at Auction

Posted on October 15, 2010
Disgraced hedge fund manager Paul Greenwood surrendered his teddies (along with the rest of his assets) to the government when he was convicted of embezzlement earlier this year. Now his ill-gotten teddy bear collection has raised $1.7 million at auction...

Factoring "Wet Ink" Structured Settlements : A PR Disaster For Factoring Companies and Investors in Their Securitizations?

Posted on October 13, 2010
Factoring of "wet ink" structures Last year's "Connecticut Woman" story involved a member of our industry who sold a resident of my state a large structured settlement in August 2008. Then, an incredibly short time later, figuratively, before the ink...

Elder Fraud: Law Blog Misrepresents Annuity as Security, Blows Opportunity To Do Good

Posted on October 12, 2010
The Law Blog at Legal Match.com blows an opportunity to properly address the important subject of protecting seniors and others from being placed into annuity products that are not appropriate for their circumstances. "Actual Annuities are legitimate securities that can...

Prohibition on Advertising State Insurance Guaranty Funds

Posted on October 09, 2010
Despite the fact that during the financial crisis no current structured annuity issuer failing to make any structured settlement payment obligation, there has been renewed interest in updating consumer protections for insurance products by various states...

The Child Case and Structured Attorney Fees: "One Doctor Don't Stop No Show"

Posted on October 08, 2010
The IRS recently disallowed a doctor's deduction for "professional insurance premiums" paid to an offshore entity and then recovered by him through a home equity loan. The decision was sustained by the Tax Court which also held that he had...

4structures.com, LLC Voted "One of Best" in Connecticut For 3rd Year In A Row

Posted on October 07, 2010
The Connecticut Legal Community has voted 4structures.com, LLC one of the best in a survey conducted by the Connecticut Law Tribune for the 3rd straight year. The annual survey polled readers of the ALM Media publication about a variety of...

Settlement Funding: What's Your CBC?

Posted on October 06, 2010
Your doctor will sometimes schedule a CBC blood test to monitor your health, watch for indirect indications of disease direction, and side effects of treatment. But when it comes to those with structured settlement payments, do you really need a...

"The Returns We'll Get From Banks AND AIG Will Be More Than Enough To Cover Losses on Autos" Says Geithner

Posted on October 06, 2010
Yahoo Finance reports that the price to the tax payers of the bailouts and financial rescue of 2008 and 2009 continues to fall sharply. Incredibly the final net cost of the Troubled Asserts Relief Program (TARP) is estimated to be...

In Force Structured Settlement Annuity: What's Your Vantage Point?

Posted on October 06, 2010
Even banks are now hocking in force structured settlements to trust companies and other financial professionals. Consider THIS recent approach to a trust company on LinkedIn, that was forwarded to us by one of our sources. "I'd like to add...

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