Litigation

FORGEt THIS REASON To Do A Structured Settlement

Posted on January 24, 2009
"When compared with the limited flexibility of a lump sum payment, the structured settlement is a powerful tool for plaintiffs, allowing them to make the best choice for their future and that of their families"- Forge Consulting, LLC January 24,...

Alfieri becomes USA's Second RSP

Posted on January 23, 2009
Congratulations to Anthony Alfieri of Settlement Professionals in Seattle, Washington who today became the second settlement planner to achieve the designation of Registered Settlement Planner.

IRC 5891 Is a "Settlement Planning Section" of the Internal Revenue Code-Patrick HIndert

Posted on January 22, 2009
In addition to making a veiled slam of the American Association of Persons With Disabilities (AAPD), Patrick Hindert continues his "credo pedo" rhetoric with Structured Settlement Credo- 5 referring to two Internal Revenue Code sections as settlement planning sections...

"Structured Settlement Credo" Es Un Pedo-1

Posted on January 21, 2009
"El Pedorrero" Patrick Hindert sure does squeeze out as much foul air as he can on a subject. In prior blog posts Structured Settlements 4Real has identified: Patrick Hindert's pedantic writing style that is the digital equivalent of "Groundhog Day"....

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Would You Take Advice From A Settlement Planner Who Had Problems Managing His Own Money?

Posted on January 20, 2009
A Free Money Finance blog posted "Would you take advice from a financial planner who was doing poorly financially himself?" is a very interesting read, particularly the comments. It and the Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing I read today which showed...

Cybersettle Structured Settlements Defunct

Posted on January 20, 2009
No longer listed as a Diamond $100,000 contributor to the New York State Trial Lawyers Association Partnership For Justice, Cybersettle Structured Settlements is listed as defunct according to a recent Bankruptcy Court filing in United States Bankruptcy Court Western District...

Freedom of Screech

Posted on January 19, 2009
Pedantic Patrick Hindert is at it again with Structured Settlement Credo-3 making veiled attacks on Joe Jamail and others, using religious dogma that is irrelevant to the subject. In this latest rant Patrick Hindert attempts to inveigle Richard Halpern in...

Year of "Flabbergasting Financial Criminality"

Posted on January 19, 2009
Page Six Magazine refers to 2008 as "a Year of Flabbergasting Financial Criminality"A historical swindler's gallery that includes Bernard Madoff, Marcus Schrenker,Arthur Nadel,Richard S. Piccoli and Gen-See Corporation,Norman Hsu, Lou Pearlman a/k/a "Big Poppa",Charles Ponzi,William Miller a/k/a "520%",Dana Giacchetto, Raffaello...

Structured Settlements Industry Must Improve Web Presence

Posted on January 18, 2009
According to a Compete.com analysis for December 2008, the structured settlement industry websites picked up by Compete.com averaged 766.80 unique visitors. Removing the top two structured Compete.com ranked settlement industry websites that skew the results, drops the average BY 52...

Certified Structured Settlement Consultants Shamelessly Puff Their Credentials

Posted on January 17, 2009
Certified Structured Settlement Consultant is a professional designation offered by the National Structured Settlements Trade Association to its members through the Executive program at the University of Notre Dame since 1994. It DOES NOT involve matriculation at the University of...

Structured Settlement Industry Now Turning to Cash Now Pushers Like JG Wentworth For Advice?

Posted on January 17, 2009
Evidence continues to mount that a segment of the structured settlement industry, led by former NSSTA Executive Director Patrick Hindert IS teaming up with the cash now pushers. First, Patrick Hindert has long yakked that the growth of the structured...

CASH NOW Novation Capital...Robin Marc Shapiro All Talk No Action?

Posted on January 17, 2009
"Today?" Wow! You are absolutely right on this one. The "instant gratification" pitch is wrong. And it makes no sense for us because when we talk to prospective customers, we always tell them that the process takes months. We provide...

New York Judge Hunter Prevents "Vulture" Snack in Bronx

Posted on January 16, 2009
In the Matter of Medina New York Supreme Court Bronx County 260363/08 decided December 12, 2008 Justice Alexander W. Hunter, Jr. has denied a structured settlement factoring transaction because he could not "state with reasonable certainty whether or not the...

Elizabeth Pressman and Cybersettle Structured Settlements False Advertising

Posted on January 15, 2009
The Cybersette website biography for Cybersettle Structured Settlements CEO Elizabeth Pressman states as follows:"Her successes in implementing strategies are born of two factors: her reputation in broad-based consulting with personal injury attorneys and her comprehensive and full-market access to the...

Gregorian Chants and Structured Settlements?

Posted on January 14, 2009
What is the structured settlement credo? asks Patrick Hindert with the word "credo" linked to this Wikipedia definition: The credo (Latin for "I Believe"; pronounced [?k?e?d?o?]) is a statement of religious belief, such as the Apostles' Creed (or, less often,...

John Darer is the first Registered Settlement Planner in USA.

Posted on January 14, 2009
John D. Darer, CLU ChFC CSSC RSP, of 4structures.com, LLC is the first person in the United States to earn the Registered Settlement Planner professional designation.The Registered Settlement Planner Program (RSP) is a product of collaboration between the Registry of...

Patrick Hindert the Cause of Mislabeling of Structured Settlement Transaction By Factoring Companies?

Posted on January 14, 2009
"Lets get proactive and start selling our product and it's virtues, reclaim the brand now that the factoring companies have fewer dollars to advertise, lobby and influence buyers and get out of the fox hole and build our profession". Mark...

Structured Settlement Quote Not Found In ViaTrust Petrie Dish

Posted on January 13, 2009
Structured Settlement Aper's Pillory welcomes its first structured settlement aper of 2009, Via Trust, whose website is registered, according to whois records, to Douglas Petrie 435 Ottawa Ave. Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604 the vIce-President of Zero Gravity Computing...

"So It's Not Exactly Cash Now?" "NO, IT'S CERTAINLY NOT!" NASP Executive Director

Posted on January 13, 2009
This is an open letter to attorneys for tort victims, advocates for tort victims, attorneys general in the United States and the Federal Trade Commission.For years tort victims have been subjected to cash now advertising. There has now been an...

Is Imperial Structured Settlements Lying or What?

Posted on January 13, 2009
Imperial Structured Settlements is a cash now pusher. The company makes the advertising promise of cash now which is misleading because nobody selling structured settlement payment rights is able to drift through the statutory court approval process instantly, or even...

Forge Consulting Now Appointed With John Hancock Life

Posted on January 12, 2009
Our prior post FORGE Full Market access=BS, posted September 24, 2008 chastised Forge Consulting, LLC for advertising full market access to the public when for a long stretch it DID NOT have an appointment with "the full market". Structured Settlements...

"Code of Ethics" National Association of Settlement Purchasers

Posted on January 12, 2009
The following appears on the website of a settlement purchasing company and is represented as the NASP Code of Ethics:"Be it resolved that NASP shall adopt a code of ethics for its members as follows: A) A member in the...

The Hartford Gets Thrift Charter

Posted on January 12, 2009
The Office of Thrift Supervision announced on Friday that Hartford Financial Services Group was granted a thrift charter, clearing a hurdle for its insurance affiliates to receive capital infusions under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Hartford Life Insurance Company...

Factoring Broker Fights Structured Settlement Transparency Initiative...YET Supports Perjury and/or False Advertising? AND DOES NOT SUPPORT Financial Literacy?

Posted on January 11, 2009
Factoring heavyweight Rhonda Bentzen continues an obsession with this author (55% of her posts since January 2008) with "The List" that she published January 6, 2009 It is evident from the digital effluent that Ms. Bentzen has either not taken...

Buffalo Ponzi Scheme in Latest Chapter of "F$%^ing Your Own"

Posted on January 10, 2009
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...

Structured Settlement Quotes from 4structures.com, LLC The ONLY Legitimate Source On Page One Of Google Search For Structured Settlement QUOTES

Posted on January 10, 2009
4structures.com is the ONLY legitimate source of structured settlement annuity quotes that comes up on the first page of results when you do a Google search for structured settlement QUOTES , on January 10, 2009. See for yourself Aside from...

Stone Street Capital's Adam Not in Garden Of Eden

Posted on January 10, 2009
Adam Shapiro is the President of "cash now pusher" Stone Street Capital. It is evident from his post "Little Known Facts" on the Stone Street Capital blog that (1) Adam Shapiro either knows little of the facts, or (2) the...

"I have not been paid a dime"- Seeley Responds

Posted on January 05, 2009
Christopher J.. Seeley has responded to my earlier posts as follows:?Dear Mr. Darer, I am not a regular reader of your bulletin board, but was made aware of the many innacurate (sic.) allegations posted about me and my practice there...

NSSTA "Cash Now" Scandal-2- The Plot Thickens

Posted on January 05, 2009
Structured Settlements 4Real continues its investigation into the story of an NSSTA member's activity as a cash now pusher with the following overnight development.Timeline1. January 4, 2008 "Cash Now Pusher "Northeast Settlement Funding Website includes toll-free phone number discovered to...

NSSTA Scandal as Member Creates Structured Settlements AND Secretly Acts As "Cash Now Pusher"!!!!

Posted on January 04, 2009
In a scandal that is sure to rock the structured settlement industry, I regret to inform you that a member of the National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA) has been discovered to create structured settlements while simultaneously acting as a...

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