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.
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Category: New York State Trial Lawyers Association
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Buying structured settlement receivables is not the same as receiving a structured settlement when a lawsuit settles. Payment rights are also known as recycled structured settlements, factored structured settlements and unfortunately and inaccurately, by the scam label secondary market annuities.
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Structured settlements can include an S&P 500 index-linked annuity adjustment feature, thanks to Pacific Life Insurance Company, which rolled out its rider in April 2014, following its obtaining a favorable IRS Private Letter Ruling. It is now available for structured settlement quotes on both structured settlements and for structured attorney fees.settlements and for structured attorney…
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The committee concluded that a full-time judge may accept an invitation to speak at the annual conference of a not-for-profit association of legal and financial professionals involved in the structured settlement payment transfer process. The association is permitted to pay the judge’s reasonable travel and lodging expenses
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Low interest rates continue to amplify structured judgment values in excess of the damages awarded by juries in New York City and elsewhere in New York State. Structured judgment experts can assist and provide a useful contribution as part of the financial analysis of potential case values
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Call 888-325-8640 to discuss structuring attorney fees, a fantastic tax deferral option for trial lawyers with any type of contingency fee personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice or employment case. Structured attorney fees and other deferred fee options for trial lawyers and law firms..
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When is a discount rate a growth rate in a present value calculation? When a plaintiff has a personal injury lawsuit in the New York City counties of Bronx, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens, the suburbs of Westchester, Orange , Nassau,Suffolk, or any county in New York State having sustained future damages in excess of $250,000. A New York jury awards a quantum…
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ELNY victims’ attorney Edward Stone emphasizes in another tweet “Do your homework. Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket. Diversify holdings across carriers. Be mindful of cap limits
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Proper documentation of structured settlements in settlement agreements, releases and qualified assignments and, where applicable, infant compromise orders, surrogate decrees and probate orders and qualified assignments, is essential to achieving the goals of all parties to the settlement.
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Frequent time delays in Surrogate’s Court in Bronx, Kings, Queens, New York, Richmond (Staten Island) and other New York City counties are hurting the very people that the Surrogate Judge is supposed to protect when the plaintiffs want or need structured settlements.
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Settlement expert John Darer CLU ChFC CSSC RSP provides a variety of annuity and non-annuity funded tax deferral solutions for structured attorney fees