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: Single Claimant QSF
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Qualified Settlement Funds (QSFs) offer temporary flexibility for plaintiffs but are not meant for prolonged use or speculative investments. Their purpose is to allow time for resolving liens and making informed decisions. However, misuse can arise through extended duration and inappropriate investment practices. QSFs should close once their objectives are met.
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Why is the Clamaint releasing and discharging the Defendants and/or respondents in the settlement planner’s qualified assignment and release document from a QSF, when the money was deposited in the QSF under the “resolve or satisfy” clause in § 1.461-2(c)(2)?
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How a Single Claimant Qualified Settlement Fund Was Recently Used to Circumvent an Insurer’s Approved List of Structured Settlement Annuity Companies
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Qualified Settlement Fund Planner, and for the life of me, with all of my renowned research skills, I can’t seem to find any accredited institution that awards such purported certification, designation, title, or an e-book or leaflet about it. Not a morsel. Not even a smidgen!. Maybe figment of imagination.
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The claimant DOES NOT control claims dollars. Each party is free to negotiate and make offers or demands in the form they choose and each can agree or disagree to terms.
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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 receivables are often misleadingly marketed by promoters and settlement planners. Tax attorney Robert Wood warns against the potential misuse of Single Claimant Qualified Settlement Funds (QSFs) to defer payments for extended periods. He emphasizes the risks involved, particularly for minors or incapacitated persons, and highlights key misunderstandings regarding these financial products.
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A Structured Settlement must be made a part of the settlement and must be incorporated into the settlement documents as part of the consideration for the settlement.
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Does The Timing of the Inducement Govern the Legality of The Rebate? Does the Payment of the Costs of a Qualified Settlement Fund then Put a Settlement Planner in a Conflict Situation on Product recommendations where he/she/it could run afoul of Anti-Rebating laws?
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When savings accounts pay zero or confiscatory interest rates, they would seek out the exact type of safe yield that structured settlement payments provide to personal injury victims, wrongful death survivors and others who elect to receive structured settlements when their lawsuits settle.