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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- How Sheron Jones Was Exploited — And Why D.C.’s Failure to Mandate IPA in SSPA Enabled It
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Category: Plaintiff Attorney Settlement Issues
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Only a $30B line of credit with Treasury applied to back banks in the lead up to the 2008-2009 financial crisis. A line of credit, which can provide relief for short term financial stress is a loan. Backed by a “government line of credit” is a heck of alot different than “backed by the government”.
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Constructive receipt can affect the ability to do a structured settlement. Find out why in this informative video
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Attorneys can stabilize cash flow and build up a sizable retirement income portfolio by layering multiple structured attorney fee annuity contracts. Even a small structured attorney fee annuity now can make a difference down the road.
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Don’t kill the client’s ability to do a structured settlement. Avoid torching all your hard work after a long day of settlement negotiations at mediation by blowing it on flawed “cookie cutter” settlement documentation! Be mindful of the constructive receipt doctrine
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How often should one check one's website to check to see if what is being said is still current? What if the facts presented on one's website were not correct in the first place? Someone better tell Robert Risk at Structured Settlement Services that it's no longer 2001 or 2002. The following text currently…
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Anti-Assignment Provisions dilemma. This issue needs to be out on the table despite the fact that many in the structured settlement industry appear not to want it to be. Scared by a notional shrinkage of market capacity, some wish to sweep this issue under the rug instead of taking the issue head on.
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The Bronx County standard “Structure Broker’s Affidavit” introduces a new “standard of care” for structured settlements apparently due to the Court’s concerns concerning structure broker participation in factoring.
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Isn’t the point of structuring attorney fees that you don’t have to include the fees in gross income for the taxable year? So why is this settlement planning firm telling lawyers they can defer earned fees?