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: Structured Asset Funding/123 Lump Sum
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A structured settlement is a negotiated not awarded. Unfortunately this fundamental of structured settlements is lost on these Purveyors of Structured Settlement Misinformation, when soliciting consumers.
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After 2 of inexplicable delays Terrence Taylor will get his day in court, after a favorable judicial ruling in the Portsmouth Circuit Court on October 27, 2017. The ruling also permits New York Life to go forward with its interpleader action, while litigation over the legitimacy of his structured settlement transfers goes forward.
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Most structured settlement factoring company websites are the last place to go for accurate information about structured settlements. I’ve compiled some of the latest social media road kill from structured settlement cash now companies and intermediaries for critical commentary.
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If Robert Ostrov is the type of person that omits material facts from his CV and has made false statements about the highest structured settlement factoring discount rates on his watch, then is he fit to serve as a judge in Palm Beach County, where judging best interest of annuitants?
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In “Flawed System Lets Companies Make Millions Off The Injured”, Terrence McCoy of the Washington Post, questions the integrity of Portsmouth VA Circuit Court, calling it the “de facto clearinghouse for these (structured settlement factoring) transactions” and where most deals are approved and few sellers attend hearings, according to an examination of thousands of public…
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The back story to the Terrence Taylor structured settlement may be of interest to those following the lawsuit against 123 Lump Sum et al pending in the Portsmouth Circuit Court in Virginia.
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Terrence Taylor, a national news story featuring an Afro-American allegedly victimized by buyers of structured settlement payments; raising huge doubts over the adequacy of the Virginia Structured Settlement Protection Act and implementation of the best interest standard in the Portsmouth Circuit
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How can a Virginia judge determine Best Interest in less time than It takes for a fart to dissipate? If there was a case that justifies scrutiny of the so-called best interest test for structured settlements under the Structured Settlement Protection Act, this is it. 11 transfers approved in 2 years!
