"Once this agreement is made,  (Step 1) the defendant funds a stream of payments to the plaintiff, according to specific needs. In most cases,  (Step 2) the defendant then transfers the responsibility to a "qualified assignment," which (Step 3) funds the damage payments with an annuity".  FAQ onÂ...

The Jews have Bernard Madoff and now the Catholics have Richard S. Piccoli in the latest despicable chapter of "f%^&ing your own". Piccoli, 82 , of Amherst, New York, a poor man's version of Bernard Madoff who even bears an odd resemblance, was charged on January 8, 2009 with running a multi-...

Today I'm going to discuss some common issues related to structured settlement quotes and funding which should be of importance to plaintiff attorneys, plaintiffs, insurance adjusters, defense attorneys and other interested parties or stakeholders in the structured settlement process. Let's say you ...

"Thanks so much for your help throughout this process.  Things are going well with the way things were set up with the last settlement, and given the current financial crisis that seems to be hitting everyone so hard, I am so thankful that I have that guaranteed income coming in on a month...

Judging by today's output, Patrick Hindert apparently enjoys browsing dusty bookshelves and rifling through files seeking vintage 4 year old scholarly missives. Hindert's last "dumpster dive", only two years ago,  brought us Adam Scales then 4 year old paper "Against Settlement F...

Judging by today's output, Patrick Hindert apparently enjoys browsing dusty bookshelves and rifling through files seeking vintage 4 year old scholarly missives. Hindert's last "dumpster dive", only two years ago,  brought us Adam Scales then 4 year old paper "Against Settlement F...

The intrinsic value of  your existing structured settlement will likely increase over the next 4 years regardless of who is the next President of the United States, John McCain or Barack Obama. To best part is that to get this increase in value you don't have to do anything except keep receivin...

The shock topic of the week (and probably the next few weeks) has made it to the Settlement Channel and my friend Mark Wahlstrom offers interesting consideration for the structured settlement and settlement planning industry about what we can learn collectively and individually about Eliot Spizer's ...

JG Wentworth issued a Press Release today promoting its now being licensed for life settlements in 22+ states. Perhaps factoring companies are not so resistant to be licensed after all! So why, 6 years after tax relief was granted by Congress, is there not such a mechanism for structured settlements...

Some Lockwood, New York lady shilling for the benefit of Stone Street Capital, with the pseudonym of a dominatrix, MzSerena, fails to "get a rise" with her false characterization of lottery payouts as structured settlements. Lottery winnings paid over time are simply NOT structured settlem...