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SEC investor bulletin on settlement income streams, a mixed bag 29 May 2013 | 09:02 pm
Earlier this month the SEC issued an investor bulletin entitled " Pension or Settlement Income Streams, What you need to know before buying or selling them." While it is not unusual for the SEC or FIN...
Wahlstrom announces new media partnership for mass tort lawyers, Litigation War Room 1 May 2013 | 08:13 pm
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Single claimant Qualified Settlement Funds (QSF), fools gold for plaintiff settlement planners 30 Apr 2013 | 02:47 am
In this weeks edition of Speaking of Settlements I follow up on my previous commentary where I discuss some of my concerns regarding an industry push to curtail the markets available to underwrite sin...
Private equity and Warren Buffet are betting big on structured settlements and fixed annuities 12 Apr 2013 | 08:56 pm
In this weeks commentary on Speaking of Settlements, Mark Wahlstrom looks at some recent news in the structured settlement and fixed annuity markets that seems to indicate that while some life markets...
What is a structured sale? How can you defer capital gain taxes on the sale of real estate. 11 Apr 2013 | 11:42 pm
In this weeks edition of Speaking of Settlements, I am reviewing the concept of structured sales, updated for 2013 and the market and tax issues we are facing this year. In this brief tutorial designe...
Too much power in the hands of a few? The risk of a shrinking structured settlement profession. 9 Apr 2013 | 10:38 pm
In this weeks edition of Speaking of Settlements to be released on Thursday, my video commentary is pointed directly at the two professional associations that work in the arena of structured settlemen...
Tax problems for trial lawyers can be reduced using structured legal fee programs 4 Apr 2013 | 03:12 am
In this weeks edition of Speaking of Settlements, Mark Wahlstrom looks at the use of structured legal fee annuity programs as a means of reducing the income tax hit trial lawyers often face when they ...
Allstate ends structured settlement division, the impact on taxable damage structures 28 Mar 2013 | 01:46 am
In this week's edition of Speaking of Settlements, Mark Wahlstrom looks at the recent decision by Allstate Financial and John Hancock to close down their structured settlement divisions. While the imp...
John Hancock and Allstate both close down structured settlements 5 Mar 2013 | 10:14 pm
What is next for the structured settlement profession now that two of the major life insurance markets that underwrote structured settlements announced this week that they would be shutting their stru...
Granuflo dialysis lawsuits. Will injuries lead to MDL or mass tort legal action? 13 Feb 2013 | 05:29 am
In what may become a significant mass tort or MDL case, the Granuflo and Naturalyte dialysis compounds are firmly in the cross hairs of trial lawyers nationwide. The litigation tied to alleged injurie...
