Litigation

Houston "Cat Fight" Exposes Seedy Underbelly Of Structured Settlement Factoring Industry

Posted on January 25, 2010
Step right up, it's two cash now pushers fighting in the sandbox.Time to break out the popcorn! You won't see me thanking Peachtree very often but an attempt to execute a judgment over the reviled Rapid Settlements has led us...

Risk on "Structured Settlement Basis"? Must We Carry "Okie"?

Posted on January 25, 2010
"A structured settlement for workers? compensation or physical injury tort claims is a special provision under the United States Internal Revenue Code [Sec. 104(a)(1) and (2), respectively] that exempts all payments from current year income taxation, whether received as a...

Read Structured Settlements 4Real Through Your Amazon Kindle

Posted on January 24, 2010
Take a break from that 500 page novel and catch up on the latest structured settlement, settlement planning and litigation recoevery managenent news, humor and irreverence. Download that new novel you have to read and, for 99c per month more,...

Delta Settlements Are "Butt-On" with Terminology

Posted on January 24, 2010
While most of us searching for structured settlement terms would look for a glossary, my "creative" friends at Delta have sought to further segment the market with a GLO-ASS-ARY. In support of this new "crack"-pot "invention", it seems appropriate to...

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"Structured Settlement Equity Annuity"

Posted on January 23, 2010
The first thing that should tip you off that the author might be shoveling something is the name of the blog "Structured Settlement Diggy Blog (dot) com". Ken Austin has recycled "Is a Structured Settlement Equity Annuity In Your Best...

Unleavened Blev

Posted on January 22, 2010
"If a structured settlement is arranged for me, how do I know that this money is safe? ...Life insurance companies are also backed by state guarantee funds..." -Kathleen Blevins, Settlement Professionals, Inc. Roseville, CA** California Insurance Law Prohibition on Advertising...

Riding "Bairback" Side Saddle on the Wrong Horse

Posted on January 22, 2010
"Some of the most devastating reporting in the book is about the six-foot trail of oozing amoebic dysentery formerly known as Sen. John Edwards" -Kyle Smith New York Post commenting on "Game Change" a gotta read political book about the...

"Los Angeles Lawyer" A Case of First Impression

Posted on January 21, 2010
The Los Angeles Lawyer sure knows how to make a "good first impression". I've received 2 emails from them today. In each they are trying to hock structured settlement consultants to advertise in a March 2010 Los Angeles Lawyer publication...

United States Consumer Price Index Now 2.72%

Posted on January 19, 2010
Structured Settlements 4Real blog presents a real time inflation data report feed from inflation data.com. Please check the left column of the blog. The January 15, 2010 release, reflecting December 2009 data, shows a rate of 2.72%. There are a...

No Connection to "Cash Now Pusher" Fairfield Funding Or Sellstructured-settlement.net!

Posted on January 19, 2010
4structures.com, LLC issued the following official statement this morning. It has come to our attention that a factoring company, Fairfield Funding, is using the name of the blog "Structured Settlements 4Real" in its Internet advertising via the purchase of Google...

Reality Hits Home for Settlement Industry's Former "Oligarchs"

Posted on January 19, 2010
The following are additional excerpts from from an email between two New York area structured settlement brokers. The identity of the parties is not important, the content is. "...you will never convince me that there is a need for plaintiff's...

Dick Risk "Retread" on Structured Settlement Services website is inaccurate

Posted on January 18, 2010
The structured settlement watchdog calls out not just one but two members of the Risk family in this post for lack of attention to detail. From 2000-2006 Oklahoma attorney Richard B. Risk, Jr. (Dick Risk) was a prolific writer on...

Is Plaintiff Structured Settlement Broker LEGALLY LIABLE as Advertised? No, Alleges Defense!

Posted on January 17, 2010
A sampling of messages soliciting plaintiff attorneys by structured settlement experts emphasize that a legal obligation or duty is created as the result of retaining that settlement professional: "an expert with a legal duty to you" " a broker to...

Those Who Do What Is Prohibited by Article 77 of New York Insurance Law WILL be unmasked.

Posted on January 14, 2010
Despite the clarity of New York State Insurance Law I have been made aware, from plaintiffs , that on multiple occassions structured settlement brokers are doing that which is is expressly prohibited by Article 77. What is worse and what...

Structured Settlements Year End 2009 Wrap Up with Mark Wahlstrom, Randy Dyer and John Darer

Posted on January 13, 2010
In this video John Darer, LBN CEO Mark Wahlstrom and former NSSTA Executive Director, Randy Dyer, each suggest the highs and lows of the structured settlement world in 2009 and the lessons learned. Then Darer, Wahlstrom and Dyer each offer...

Rhonda Bentzen NOT with Stone Street Capital!!

Posted on January 13, 2010
Spoke.com is business directory software to generate unlimited access to email and traditional mail lists for business-to-business lead generation. One flimsy spoke is the one that suggests that Troglodyte insensitive "Rhonda the Whinger" has now spread her wings at Stone...

Beersheva Boob's "Structured Settlements Blog" is "Land Of Milk and Crummy"

Posted on January 13, 2010
The structured settlement space is apparently the new "Fertile Crescent" attracting "Israeli settlements". Yet we cannot expect Hillary Clinton or the U.N. to intercede. We're on our own with this one...the Israeli from Beersheva. Ohad Raz (dubbed "Raz Gulla", after...

Questions That Rhonda Bentzen Is Afraid To Answer?

Posted on January 12, 2010
Raising our proprietary "Bentzen Whinge Meter" (see below left column ) to 3.9%... In September 2008, Rhonda Bentzen said it was "business as usual" during the height of the financial crisis. Subsequently a transfer of structured settlement payment rights of...

Structured Settlement Websites Most Popular January 2010 Survey

Posted on January 12, 2010
Three Month Trailing Top 10 Global Traffic Rank (Alexa Rank as of 01/12/2010) of Structured Settlement and Settlement Planning Industry websites* (+ or- traffic from 12/14/2009 report). Lower number means more traffic (e.g. Google.com is ranked 1 in the overall...

MSA Howler and The Advantages of Structured Settlements in Minor's Claims Not Obvious To Some

Posted on January 12, 2010
Bill Tilley , an affiliate of Settlement Professionals, Inc. recently took a stab at explaining Medicare Set Asides (MSA) and it's yet ANOTHER howler. Tilley says: "A federal health insurance program, Medicare can be availed of two years after a...

Got Structured Settlement But Lost Customer Service Phone Number? Don't Worry

Posted on January 11, 2010
Got a structured settlement and need to change a beneficary? Got a structured settlement and need to report a death? Got a structured settlement and need to change the bank account for your direct deposit? Got a structured settlement and...

"D" for The Tilley Man on "Comprehending Settlement Contract Language"

Posted on January 11, 2010
"If a personal injury victim does not want to be taxed on the anticipated settlement they expect to receive, then it is essential that a release bearing the necessary language be implemented, a consistent and fit transfer must be carried...

Structured Settlement Guarantees

Posted on January 10, 2010
Christopher R. Nicholls' NC Trial Lawyer Blog posted a Millennium Settlements sales piece by Bryan Milner on or about September 16, 2008. It still appears today. This author acknowledges that the spirit of the piece was pure, the inaccuracies however,...

Woodbridge Uses NSSTA Annuity Security Handout , Cites NSSTA President As Part of Its Factor Investor Package

Posted on January 09, 2010
As part of its Investor Packet, Woodbridge Investments uses substantial parts of the March 2009 NSSTA Annuity Security Handout and cites current NSSTA President Dan Durbin as par of its efforts to hock money from investors in structured settlement payment...

The Structured Annuities Kill Zone: Lessons From The Great Dove Hunt of 2007

Posted on January 09, 2010
Structured Annuities, Inc. apparently places greater importance on posting pictures of a 2007 event it organized to kill birds like these than keeping their website up to date. One can hardly contain oneself observing that. the company even claims a....

Quadriplegic Sailor Solos Atlantic Ocean in "Impossible Dream"

Posted on January 08, 2010
Next time you think something is impossible consider the case of 42 year old Geoff Holt. The English sailor was left paralyzed by a diving accident in the VIrgin Islands in 1984 and has been wheel chair bound ever since....

Forge Consulting Advertising Issue

Posted on January 08, 2010
The New Year wouldn't be the same without giving my "friends" at Forge Consulting a little toot. Forge was commended by us in September for being the only settlement firm oiher than this author's to state the full legal name...

Structured Attorney Fee Malpractice Looming

Posted on January 08, 2010
Having been contacted for a number of second opinions recently , I am increasingly troubled by the number of cases where I've observed that those who hold themselves out as competent advisers to plaintiffs are convincing (or attempting to convince)...

The Politics of Investing in Structured Settlement Factoring Deals NOW Being Offered to Individual Investors

Posted on January 07, 2010
Opportunities to buy structured settlement payment rights on live or warehoused structured settlement factoring deals are becoming more easily accessible to individual investors. This author has seen a term sheet in the last few days offering rates of return of...

Fast Cash Now BUT "No Specific Date On Which Funding Will Take Place"

Posted on January 07, 2010
Structured Asset Funding recently responded to a consumer complaint by stating "Pursuant to her contractual documents, this seller has (now) been paid. It should be noted that there is no specific date on which the funding shall take place" But...

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