The question ” Are Medical Malpractice Settlements Taxable?” is legitimate. The answer is illiterate wallaby dung from a website purportedly owned by Aussie company l M Connelly & Son’s Pty Download CoolWhois.com - WHOIS searc.. In fact the question never…
Federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein is to conduct a hearing this week to investigate whether lawyers for 9/11 first responders in their case against the City of New York, can pass on loan interest costs to their clients or whether such…
This author received a phone call today from a respected plaintiff structured settlement consultant who stated that he informed a member of the current leadership recruiting him that he/she would not join the Society of Settlement planners as long as…
When a structured settlement is part of the resolution of a New York personal injury case the New York General Obligations Law creates a legal obligation on the defendant, or the defendant’s legal representative to disclose a number of things…
The South Florida Business Journal demonstrates classic shambolic reporting in its coverage of the Imperial Holdings IPO, a subject that Structured Settlements 4Real and Reuters covered on August 13, 2010. Even though there has been considerable coverage to the contrary…
If you’ve ever been curious of the amount of work that goes in to a class action and the fascinating way that attorney compensation is determined in such cases, you need look no further than the August 16, 2010 Declaration…
James Morgan, a Puritan Financial Advisor has weighed in our post Financial Literacy Moments of 2010- Blog Rodent Alert 2 . Seeking a free link “Jimbo” parrots back the illiteracy from the Blog Rodent we roasted: “A non qualified assignment…
Thomas B. Considine, New Jersey’s commissioner of banking and insurance, told the Wall Street Journal Journal that a Prudential Company letter dated August 4, 2010 satisfies the department that Prudential acted properly and further reassures this department of the value…
Structured settlement annuity sales (in the primary market) reached $1.5B for Q2 2010 according to the Life Insurance Market Research Association (LIMRA) U.S. Individual Annuities Second Quarter 2010 Sales Report, which represents 96 percent of the market and was released…
I wonder if B. Scott Skillman appreciates the irony of the cat picture on his Bankruptcy Law Blog. Because apparently he’s a virtual copycat! The bankruptcy lawyer from Terre Haute Indiana’s piece” Why Do I need to know tax law?”…