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: Owings Mills Structured Settlements
Owings Mills Structured Settlements features blogs posts about structured settlements and/or settlement planning by structured settlement and settlement planning expert John Darer CLU ChFC MSSC FT RSP CLTC that may be of interest to Owings Mills MD area attorneys specializing in persoanl injury, medical malpractice, aviation, construction accidents and construction defects, employment and their clients with cases in Baltimore County courts and elsewhere. Some of the items in this category feature stories about Owings Mills high school graduates.
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“Do I have to pay taxes on my structured settlement?” wonders the Orlando-based StructuredSettlements.com. The short answer? Usually not. Their barely-there explanation makes a cameo in the latest episode of What’s Wrong Wit Dat?
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The Plaintiffs alleged that court authorization had been obtained fraudulently because the Defendants had defrauded not only the Plaintiffs but also the court in the course of obtaining its authorization.
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BBB of Maryland has bestowed a dubious A+ rating on banned AnnuitySold LLC, tied to fraudster Richart Ruddie (aka Richart Ruddie Annuity) whose textbook frauds were cited 18 times in a 2021 Utah Law Review treatise by UCLA Law professor Eugene Volokh.
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The Structured Settlement Watchdog’s updated introductory video that explains his pro bono role in the structured settlement market place.
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Richart Ruddie’s “textbook frauds,” involving a multi-state de-indexing scam and other questionable “reputation management” tactics, are referenced 18 times in UCLA Law Professor Eugene Volokh’s detailed 83-page treatise published in the Utah Law Journal.
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It’s misleading because nobody can actually “buy structured settlements”. Structured settlements are a form of settlement not a product. For example a settlement can be resolved in consideration of a lump sum, periodic payments or a combination.. Structured settelments can be funded with an annuity.
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The Lape decision in Monroe County opens up an avenue for any payee in the United States to sue structured settlement factoring companies for fraud and deceptive business practices.
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It is highly unlikely that a judge would approve the sale of minor’s structured settlement payment rights for pennies on the dollar to make a discretionary purchase such as an ATV for a minor. Selling a structured settlement to pay for an ATV for a minor also makes no financial sense
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Good tax policy would eliminate the exemption from the excise tax on structured settlement factoring transactions, to mitigate ways that disabled people, caregiving women and poor communities of color are deprived of resources asserts Karen Czapanskiy. U. of MD School off Law in Baltimore Maryland
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The use of the term secondary market annuity by certain merchants to solicit an investor (such as trial lawyers, personal injury victims and retirees to buy structured settlement payment rights is self indulgent twaddle.