Structured Settlements 4Real®Blog 2026
Structured settlements expert John Darer reviews the latest structured settlements and settlement planning information and news, and provides expert opinion and highly regarded commentary. that is spicy, Informative, irreverent and effective for over 20 years.
recent posts
- 🔥Founder and Former CEO of 777 Partners, Joshua Wander, Pleads Guilty⚖️ to $500 Million Fraud Scheme — DOJ Confirms Double‑Pledging, Misappropriation of Structured‑Settlement Funds, and Falsified Bank Statements
- The Steering Problem Needs a Wake‑Up Call
- Companies Still Using the Incorrect Term “Secondary Market Annuity”
- Canonical: Non‑Qualified Assignment (NQA)
- ⭐ THE 18–25 GUIDE TO STRUCTURED SETTLEMENTS
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Category: New York State Trial Lawyers Association
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Tthere was NO dispute about the amounts K-Mart should pay to states and the federal government; that there was NO controversy concerning the releases K-Mart would receive in exchange for payments and that there was NO dispute about the amount of (relator) Ireland’s share or his attorney’s fees.”
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Structured settlement factoring transactions are generally bad for structured settlement payees. In addition to giving up security, most payees sacrifice substantial economic value. It should be the financing of last resort for structured settlement payees. Berkshire Hathaway does the right thing.
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NY insurance law is clear. OGC Op. No.10-11-07, an on point unequivocal opinion and analysis by the Office of General Counsel of the NY State Insurance Dept ( NY Dept of Financial Services) conclusively lays waste to what this affiliate of top NYSTLA contributor is doing
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issued a Warning to Consumers About Selling Their Structured Settlements in response to “What should I know before giving up my monthly disability, personal injury or structured settlement payments in exchange for a one-time lump sum payment
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Transaction Risk in Structured Settlement Investing Is Far Greater Than Insolvency Risk and could lead to a loss of investment plus legal expenses if, as in recent examples, a transfer order for structured settlement payment rights is vacated.
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Commissions are set by the annuity issuer and part of filings with the State of NY Dept. of Financial Services. Exceptions have been allowed with 9-11 victims families’ structured settlements with the Victims Compensation Fund and settlements with survivors of Marines killed in the Beirut barracks bombing in Lebanon in the 1983
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Investors paid more than $150,000 for the future payments but never received any of the structured settlement payments, because the underlying transfer was vacated by a Florida judge two years later due to discovery that certain structured settlement transfer documents were forged.
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Structured settlements are NOT being forged. Structured Settlement Transfer Orders WERE forged in 234 counts by a New York City paralegal and in a separate matter, 104 counts by a MIami lawyer representing structured settlement buyers in Broward County Florida
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Increasing yields on the 10 year United States Treasuries narrow the negative interest rate spread that has served as a growth rate when calculating the present value of damages under NY CPLR Article 50-B for almost a decade.