Litigation

Structured Settlements in Canada
I recently read an article about structured settlements in Canada.  These are not limited to the United States. An injured plaintiff who has proved his or her case may choose to settle out of court and be paid in a lump sum or through a structured settlement...

What is a Structured Settlement
Here's what Wikipedia says:  (I'm going to simplify the definition) A structured settlement is a financial or insurance arrangement, including periodic payments, that a claimant accepts to resolve a personal injury tort claim or to compromise a statutory periodic payment obligation...

Growing the Structured Settlement Market
For the past several years, the structured settlement industry has experienced significant change without any significant overall growth of annual annuity premium. Several structured settlement annuity providers (Aegon, Genworth, Travelers, and Transamerica among others) have left the structured settlement market...

Pullman & Comley's Structured Settlement Insights-2
Pullman & Comley's Summer 2008 edition of its "Structured Settlement Insights" summarizes three recent and significant developments impacting the structured settlement secondary market: Two Fresno County, California Superior Court decisions finding violations of the California Structured Settlement Protection Act (SSPA)...

Q & A for Lawyer's Clients about Structured Settlements and the AIG Problem
Alleviating Structured Settlement Fears- Q & A My client is considering a structured settlement but the situation with AIG has them (and me) worried about the safety of an annuity investment...

AIG - 2
This blog post continues an S2KM series about the new (post 9/16/2008) structured settlement strategic landscape - and how to grow the structured settlement market. The structured settlement industry dodged another bullet (more like a bomb) when AIG announced on...

Payments Begin in Landmark $16 Million Medicaid Class Action
Payments Begin in Landmark $16 Million Medicaid Class Action

Social Security Class Action Launched
to Reinstate Wrongfully Terminated Payments

Final Fantasy XI
Square Enix Faces Class Action over Deceptive Fees and Payments

Airborne Settlement
Company agrees to pay consumers $23.3 million class action settlement for false advertising.

Shareholder Settlement
R&G Financial Corporation agrees to $39 million securities fraud class action settlement.

Teen Driver Wins Suit
Convenience stores to pay six-figure settlement to underage alcohol buyer in accident settlement.