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: Washington DC Structured Settlements
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In a January 7, 2021 decision in JENNIFER LANCLOS, Plaintiff, v THE UNITED STATES, Defendant. 15-358C, the court ruled in favor of the United States and the result is that the US doesn’t have to make up the annuity shortfall arising out of the Executive Life of NY insolvency and liquidation.
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A structured settlement broker is a licensed and regulated professional who provides professional advice and places structured settlement annuities and may provide fianncial advice and placement of financial vehicles pursuant to professional licenses.
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“As is true with any party in litigation, the United States has the right to select its own experts and consultants, including annuity brokers, and to engage in frank and confidential discussions with its experts and consultants.”
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My forebearers and yours would likely have seen this New York Life Insurance Company advertisement that still holds true today, 171 years from New York Life was founded. Safety security and guarantees are top of the list for why people do structured settlements today.
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Consumer protection officials gathered at the NAAG seminar in Phoenix to discuss structured settlements and the secondary market. The focus was on protecting cognitively-impaired individuals from aggressive buyout offers. The meeting highlighted regulatory gaps and the need for updated laws to safeguard consumers in light of recent abuses in the industry.
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Litigation is a draining process and plaintiffs may have symptoms of post traumatic stress. Others may feel relief. Still others may feel a void in their lives because of the time and space that the litigation has taken in their minds.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sued Access Funding, LLC, alleging it exploited financially vulnerable Baltimore City black lead paint victims. The CFPB claimed Access Funding encouraged consumers to seek biased advice from attorney Charles E. Smith, furthering deceptive and abusive practices contrary to consumer protection laws. ConsumerAffairs continued to endorse the company despite controversies.
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Never trust a salesperson who won’t give you his or her last name, particularly in an industry of structured settlement buyers were there is no licensing and poor enforcement of what regulation there is.
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A “Structured Dismissal” in a bankruptcy is NOT a structured settlement, “so-called” or otherwise. Fortunately then SCOTUS Justice Stephen Breyer was up to the task when confronting a Washington DC lawyer’s attempt to frame the mischaracterization according to the transcript of the hearing.