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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- The Steering Problem Needs a Wake‑Up Call
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Category: Structured Settlement Definitions
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Tort victims do their own research and often use the Internet to do their research. The tort victim’s impression makes it clear that the market place confusion created by false and/or misleading advertising s a hindrance to tort victim’s efforts to get the relevant information they need.
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321 Henderson is one of the JG Wentworth companies. The Fresno Rulings refer to cases in which the court found that various structured settlement factoring companies (S&P mischaracterizes as structured settlement companies) failed to comply with the CA Structured Settlement Protection Act and questioned the validity of numerous previously approved court -approved assignments
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It is critical to note that the final resolution of a New York matter which results in the periodic payments embodied in New York CPLR 50A or CPLR 50B IS NOT a structured settlement. It is a structured judgment. Structured settlements can be customized. Structured judgments are rigid.
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How is structured settlement factoring “route one” to growth of the structured settlement industry? I keep asking the question of Patrick Hindert, who has let 52 days go by without supporting his postulate
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Can an attorney actually convert a “receivable” into a deferred compensation plan by structuring attorney fees? I submit to you that he/she cannot under such circumstances and THAT makes the entire Structured Settlement Services, LLC posting er… Risky Business!
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The distinction between structured settlements and structured judgments is unfortunately lost on occasion by the news media and unsophisticated financal bloggers.
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There is no such thing as a “structured settlement claim”. Claims may be resolve however, using a structured settlement as a tool to help bring the parties together.
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I’m talking about the kind of “shrinkage” that mischaracterizes a useful settlement planning tool for “solid waste”. That is the major difference that exists between ” IRC 468B” and IRC 468b or 468(b)
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by Structured Settlement Watchdog At the time of this writing JG Wentworth’s glossary STILL doesn’t have the words “structured settlement factoring transaction“, “qualified order” or even “factoring” in its glossary of key factoring terms. WHY have such fundamental terms for structured settlement factoring (two of which are included in the Internal Revenue Code) continue to…