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Helpful Fact Sheet On SSI Eligibility Requirements Available Online

By Patrick C. Farber On February 13, 2015 · 1:31 PM · Add Comment
Questions come up all the time about the eligibility requirements for Social Security and Medicaid benefits. The link below takes you to a Social Security Administration (SSA) webpage that lays out, in surprisingly clear terms, who is and who is not eligible.
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Free Access to Legal Research & Analysis With Casetext.com

By Patrick C. Farber On January 29, 2015 · 12:22 PM · Add Comment
I was recently asked to share some of my articles and blog posts on www.Casetext.com, a site that provides access to legal research and analysis from lawyers, academics and other professionals from across the country.
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Traumatic Brain Injury – Expert Opinion Without The Expert Price

By Patrick C. Farber On December 15, 2014 · 9:43 AM · Add Comment
I've just returned from the CAOC seminar in Maui where I was the Program Sponsor and had the honor of speaking on deferred attorney fees. While there, I heard many informative speakers. One session that really stood out was by Brett Schreiber, a partner with Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire LLP. His topic was "Litigating Traumatic Brain Injury Cases."
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Video Testimonials of Those Helped By Structured Settlements

By Patrick C. Farber On November 3, 2014 · 3:16 PM · Add Comment
Prudential recently shared videos of individuals who have experienced traumatic injury—either to themselves or to family members. They show how structured settlements made a difference in their lives. The videos were produced by Prudential with the help of the Structured Solutions Leadership Council
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Can Class Action Attorney Fees Be Structured?

By Patrick C. Farber On October 31, 2014 · 2:52 PM · Add Comment
Legal fee structures are now viewed by the IRS as vanilla in character. The IRS may not have liked them, but the Service’s ardor has changed materially since the Childs decision.
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Timing for Structured Settlement Discussions

By Patrick C. Farber On October 8, 2014 · 2:24 PM · Add Comment
Attorneys often ask me, "When is the best time to bring in a structured settlement broker to a case?" The short answer is early.
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Workers’ Comp Cases and Structured Settlements

By Patrick C. Farber On August 20, 2014 · 5:49 PM · Add Comment
Using structured settlements in personal injury cases is common. Use a resolve in workers’ comp claims where an employee is permanently disabled- less so.
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NSSTA Provides Insight on “Recycled Payment Rights”

By Patrick C. Farber On June 17, 2014 · 8:55 AM · Add Comment
The National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA) recently issued a memo* discussing the selling of factored structured settlements payments ("recycled payment rights") as investment vehicles or as a means to fund future settlement payments.
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Red Flag Warning for “Refactored Annuities”

By Patrick C. Farber On June 11, 2014 · 7:29 AM · Add Comment
A new investment product is showing up at settlement conferences. Often referred as “refactored annuities” or “secondary market annuities,” these are made up of structured settlement payments that have been previously transferred by an injured party to a factoring company, and then either sold individually, or are pooled and sold as repackaged structures in the secondary market.
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New Pacific Life Annuity Tied to S&P 500 Index

By Patrick C. Farber On May 2, 2014 · 6:45 AM · Add Comment
Pacific Life’s Index-Linked Annuity Payment Adjustment Rider sets payments based on positive S&P 500 Index returns. When the S&P 500 Index increases over a 12-month period, the injured party’s payments can increase in a range from 1 percent to 5 percent.
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