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Structured Settlement Talk: DePuy ASR Hip Recall Litigation
And Why This Matters to Me Less than a year ago, I underwent bilateral total hip replacement surgery. It was one trip to the doctor’s I would have sooner avoided. But I had no choice and the surgery, fortunately, appears to have been successful....
Structured Settlement Talk: Retiring Attorneys, “Now What?”
You’ve spent a career laser focused on advocating for your clients. You’ve tried cases. You’ve negotiated settlements. But now you’re thinking it may be time to “hang up the laces,” hand the reigns over to someone else and head for the barn. Mixed metaphors aside, are...
Structured Settlement Talk: The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread
Although it’s impossible to know who first ventured into culinary lore by slicing a loaf of bread instead of pulling it apart, historians pretty much agree that it wasn’t until July 7, 1928 when commercially produced, pre-sliced bread was first sold to...
Structured Settlement Talk: History of DePuy ASR Hip Recall
Much is being written about the worldwide recall of ASR hip implants manufactured by DePuy Companies, a division of Johnson & Johnson. According to attorneys at Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger, who filed the first DePuy ASR products liability lawsuit in the country, the manufacturers...
What’s Your Retirement Vulnerability?
Ernst & Young Analysis: “Longevity Risk” Increasing Finn Financial Group’s October, 2009 newsletter, Live Longer – Buy Annuities, featured research from a smattering of sources emphasizing the value and importance of annuities to one’s overall financial health. As part of our commitment...
Structured Settlement Talk: Be Happier – Take The Annuity
With the birth of every new lottery “Mega-Millionaire,” stories warning about the perils of sudden money begin to re-circulate. Last week’s headline that two more people joined the Mega-Millions fraternity saw a resurgence of such stories. The moral of the stories all have a familiar ring: Money doesn’t...
Structured Settlement Talk: You’ve Got a Friend
“With a friend at hand you will see the light If your friends are there then everything’s all right” – Elton John, Bernie Taupin – Way back in the dark ages of communication, prior to 2004, people kept in touch in...
Income Floor Strategy for Retirement
“Make Your Money Last a Lifetime.” That’s the title of a December 1, 2010 article by personal finance expert Jane Bryant Quinn in her most recent AARP Bulletin column “Financially Speaking.” On a personal and professional level, I’m always drawn to articles...
Structured Settlements for Exonerated Prisoners
IRS Confirms: Wrongfully Imprisoned Exonerees Can Receive Tax-Free Structured Settlements Affirming what’s generally been accepted as true for many wrongfully convicted individuals upon earning their freedom, the Internal Revenue Service published a Written Determination this past Friday (Number: 201045023) that removes any...
Entertainment Expert Discovers Structured Settlements
For more than 20 years, Kathryn Arnold has been involved in the entertainment industry. Her professional experience has run the gamut from production and development to financing and fund-raising on everything from major motion pictures and television to the Los Angeles Olympic...