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- Structured settlements and mass torts, not for the "do it yourself" crowd...
- “ I don’t need your help, I can do it myself…” Structured settlement industry hubris at it’s best.
- Oil and Gas lease bonus payments, how to structure them for tax savings
- Structured sales and farm land, the boom in farm land prices creates tax planning opportunities for farmers
- S&P down grades five major life insurance companies to AA+ from AAA status
- Allstate rolls out a structured sales product on oil & Gas Lease bonus payments
- The rat in the settlement industry, someone is selling names to factoring companies and it’s about to get messy
- Bill Tocchi honored by NSSTA
- Selling structured settlements at effectively zero rates of return? Not for too much longer.
- It is time to expand tax free structured settlements to cover abuse, molestation, wrongful imprisonment and civil rights cases
- Wahlstrom loses NSSTA election…was it something I said?
- Jason Lazarus, CEO of Synergy Settlements discusses innovative annuity settlement options using secondary market settlement annuities.
- Powering your structured settlement practice through low cost social media
- Wahlstrom & Associates to co-host exclusive conference on taxable damages litigation
- Brook Hollow TV, a step forward in structured legal fees
- Structured settlement expert directory is now open for listings.
- Blog and podcast traffic counts are now beyond irrelevant
- NSSTA President Mike Kelly provides industry overview on Speaking of Settlements
- Structured settlement expert directory, the power of local search and branding your settlement practice
- Speed of change, you are way behind and don’t even know it yet
- Wrongful imprisonment tax clarification, not so fast my friends…
- Sowing and reaping, building your professional practice on the internet
- What to do if you are offered a structured settlement to resolve your claim
- Tax Law Expert Robert Wood—What is a Structured Settlement?
- Planting and reaping a harvest, building your settlement planning practice
- Sowing and reaping, structured settlement professionals need to revisit the parable
- Will the pending capital gains tax increase revive interest in structured sales?
- Plaintiff settlement brokers, your turn in the woodshed
- Plaintiff structured settlement experts stray from the path
- Mutual of Omaha to offer structured settlements
- “Every one in my profession is either incompetent or a crook but me…”
- Speaking of Settlements, Sweep away the lies
- What is a structured settlement?
- Can the structured settlement profession “change the conversation”?
- Mad Men and The Structured Settlement profession, it’s all about the secrets
- The Twin Pillars of structured settlements, one solid and one rotten
- Tax Law Expert Rob Wood--Can Settlement Checks Obviate Withholding and Form 1099?
- Turning taxable damages and fees into tax free retirement deductions
- Using qualified retirement plans to re-invest annuity cash flows
- Ken Feinberg and the BP Oil Spill fund, what is it all about?
- BP Oil Spill litigation, what happened at the Boise MDL hearing?
- Building savings using annuity products in a low interest rate environment
- Did NSSTA move the fall regional from Arizona due to SB 1070?
- Yanisse Adrian v Mesirow Structured Settlements, LLC. Major news for structured settlement brokers
- The 25% income solution, Life Income annuity payments
- Will the BP Oil Spill fund be set up as a 468B trust to assist residents of the Gulf coast
- BP Oil spill fund, $20 billion and a lot of questions
- BP Oil clean up fund, $20 billion shake down or brilliant legal move?
- Income is King now, cash is merely a Prince.
- Why I believe interest rates will stay low, taxes high and default risks will increase
- Settlement and income planning, how to handle record low interest rates
- Randy Dyer and Mark Wahlstrom discuss structured legal fees
- Low interest rates lead to collapse in structured settlement annuity sales
- American General and structured legal fees
- Unqualifying qualified structured settlements,a new article by Robert Wood
- BP Oil Spill litigation, here comes the legal battle among the lawyers first
- BP Oil Spill, a two part interview with environmental lawyer Rick Kuykendall
- NSSTA and SSP meetings in Washington, DC this week
- Was your tax bill brutal and your retirement plan wiped out in 2009?
- US Treasury hearings on structured settlement tax issues
- Former Toyota counsel Dimitrios Biller on his knowledge of potential fraud on acceleration issue
- Liberty Life, a leader in a wide range of structured legal fees
- Allstate Financial structured legal fees, a unique approach
- Are annuities being overhyped?
- Supreme Court asks Obama administration to weigh in on Johnson & Johnson kickback scheme
- Structured legal fees, profile of the John Hancock program
- Treasury Regulation hearings next week on IRC section 104(a)(2)
- Month long series on structured legal fees
- Annuities get big boost by Obama Administration
- Net yields on structured settlements are highly competitive
- Speaking of Settlements, MetLife structured attorney fees updated
- Are Net-Net-Net Yields on structured settlement annuities the best deal around?
- Met Life dramatically upgrades their stuctured legal fee program
- Structured Settlement year end wrap up and look ahead to 2010
- Wahlstrom & Associates planning and expansion for 2010
- Another tragic story of settlement proceeds wasted
- Richard Halpern passes away at age 64.
- A reason for Thanksgiving, I'm not dead yet....
- Limping to the finish line, how bad will the 2009 numbers be?
- The FBI Broadens The Investigation of Scott Rothstein Structured Settlement Fraud
- Rapid Response to Scott Rothstein Structured Settlement Debacle Pays Dividends
- Is NSSTA heading toward irrelevance or is it already there?
- Using video to market to lawyers, three easy steps
- Structured settlement trade name dragged into the mud of Rothstein case
- Scott Rothstein fraud has NOTHING to do with structured settlements
- Attorney John O'Quinn dies in car accident
- Hartford Life exits the structured settlement market
- CA Senate Bill 510 discussed by Pat Farber of Ringler Associates
- Non-qualified structured settlements, the settlement professions biggest failure?
- A perfect 10, amazing Google search engine results for featured commentators
- IRC Section 104 announcement reviewed by Attorney Rob Wood
- Randy Dyer and Mark Wahlstrom on Speaking of Settlements
- The value of failure and the future of structured settlements
- Mass Mutual loses it's AAA rating with S&P
- Randy Dyer joins Mark Wahlstrom on Speaking of Settlements
- Johnson & Johnson Procrit whistleblower case discussed on video
- Procrit whistleblower case revived by First District appeals court decision
- Cash is King, structured settlement income is a consumers best value
- More good news, AIG swings to a profit
- Prudential Financial and Allstate post big profits
- Murdoch and Fox plan to charge for online news, a look at the future.
- Qualified Settlement Funds, Their time has come
- AIG Insurance subsidiaries not as solid as originally claimed?
- Non-qualified structures. What would John Chambers of Cisco do?
- Approved lists of life markets, the next pillar to collapse?
- Charlie Rangel video on NSSTA site a step forward
- John Hancock Life has it's AM Best rating reduced
- Tom Watson, working his plan at the British Open
- Real estate collapse? We haven't seen anything yet.
- Fathers Day, The President gets it right
- Commission sharing agreement an example of Huzpah
- Structured legal fees, too good of a deal? Some think so.
- $300 Million Mass Turnpike lawsuit a major success for 468B trusts
- Speaking of Settlements, The shrinking structured settlement market
- Back to the future in Structured Settlements. Broker Innovation.
- The incredible, shrinking structured settlement market.
- Prudential shelves their non-qualified structured settlement unit.
- 50 million reason$ why I podcast on The Legal Broadcast Network
- Prudential, Allstate and Hartford life insurance units all approved for TARP funds.
- "Pay to play" is a long and slippery path for structured settlement brokers.
- California state appeals court rules strongly in favor of factoring.
- Hartford implies that structured settlement unit is on the block.
- $300 Million Massachusetts Turnpike Lawsuit filed using 468B trust.
- 468B seminar a step toward the future.
- Structured settlements and kick backs.
- Federal Express doesn't deliver on Mondays. Really?
- The collapse of the Boston Globe, a lesson for the structured settlement profession?
- Tight economy, tight wallets conspire to pinch conference attendance
- Vaccine program ruling seems to favor plaintiff brokers.
- Spencer v Hartford Financial, that case of which NSSTA dare not speak
- Don McNay featured on Speaking of Settlements this week
- $50 golf balls and the empty driving range, a new media parable
- The week in review, 3-22-09.
- GEICO looks to enter the Massachusetts, a lesson in cartels.
- JG Wentworth court victory in CA Appeals court.
- Profile of Don McNay on Speaking of Justice
- AIG Bonus hearings, Spencer v Hartford, another bad week in structured settlements
- JG Wentworth debt rating cut to CC, will they survive?
- Allstate vs Rapid Settlements, Matt Bracy discusses the fallout.
- China is "worried" about their investment in US Treasury bonds.
- Factoring company advertising, a discussion with Matt Bracy
- AIG, the facts about their current financial and business status
- Society of Settlement Planners announces its annual meeting speaker list
- Washington Post article on Rapid Settlements loss in US Appeals Court
- L. Gordon Crovitz leads the parade of alarmists over Wyeth v Levine
- Week in review, Allstate, Hartford and AIG all make the news.
- Wyeth v Levine, analysis of the victors and what comes next.
- 468b trust and Qualified Settlement Fund seminar on April 17th.
- Wyeth v Levine, has the pendulum finally started to swing back to center?
- Financial ratings of life insurance companies.
- Hartford Financial in talks with Sun Life to sell Hartford Life.
- Hartford Life dropped to an A rating by A.M. Best
- AIG, who do you have pictures of on Capitol Hill?
- The NAIC rejects the life insurance industry request to relax reserve standards.
- Loans for attorneys using structured legal fees. Yes, it really can be done!
- Survival of the structured settlement profession.
- How to kick start your settlement planning practice.
- Legal fee loans, the answer to law firm liquidity issues?
- Aviation attorney Charles Brewer comments on the US Air flight 1549 crash
- Earl Nesbitt of NASP on Speaking of Settlements
- NSSTA's response to the settlement transparency initiative.
- Aviva departs the structured settlement profession
- JG Wentworth is against the ropes
- Holiday Greetings and a call to action
- AVIVA exits the structured settlement market
- NAIC rules to have major impact on Insurance company liquidity
- Life Insurance Companies and TARP
- Structured settlements, The Golden Age
- Vioxx Settlement, update on the process
- Qualified Settlement Funds, a two part series.
- Fear and loathing, The Video.
- Life Insurance Company Ratings, Here comes the press
- Now it's Genworth, units downgraded to A
- AIG, $150 Billion. Is it ever going to be enough?
- Approved lists, the next domino to fall?
- Evan Greenberg and AIA agree, don't take the money!
- Life Insurance Companies, Still want that Government money?
- Life insurance markets look to feed at the Treasury trough
- Fear and Loathing at the NSSTA regional
- NY State Insurance Commissioner warns predatory insurance agents
- The Golden Age of Structured Settlements
- Pfizer to Settle Celebrex and Bextra suits
- Hank Greenberg proposes alternative to AIG Bailout
- AIG and Fed's unveil trust model for sale of company units.
- AIG makes Saturday Night Live
- Structured settlements are stable amid the crash
- AIG affirms it's commitment to remain in structured settlements
- Met Life and Hartford considered merger.
- Congressman Ron Paul on the bailout
- AIG was dumb, Congress is vile.
- You know your having a bad day when....
- Hartford gets a major cash infusion from Allianz
- AIG says "Let them eat cake" as they party in California
- AIG puts US life, pension and retirement business on the block
- AIG, Crisis over?
- Where are settlement funds safe now?
- Paul Newman died today.
- Today it is the WaMu collapse. Where is your money safe?
- The settlement world has changed as we know it.
- AIG bailout and structured settlements.
- Tort Reform and the 2008 Election
- Financial impact and interest rate trends in the crisis.
- AIG calls in their tort reform chip, the cost is $85 billion.
- AIG fights for it's life.
- Video broadcast on Lehman Brothers and AIG
- Lehman Brothers collapses, AIG is fighting for time.
- Findlaw caught selling "juiced up" links.
- Randall Kiser interview on settlement study.
- The Vioxx Settlement, the settlement industry has to step up.
- Vulture Culture, an expose of the insurance industry.
- Vioxx cases, what is going on with the settlement?
- Vioxx claimants are under the gun to make decisions.
- Mortgage Crisis, what do you do with your settlement dollars now?
- Legal Marketing, The Great Oxymoron.
- Taxation of wrongful imprisonment cases.
- Trial lawyer fund raising, the slippery slope
- Jackson Browne copyright infringement suit against McCain
- Mortgage Fraud and crooks in banks? I'm Shocked!
- New thinking, and cautions, on the tax status of molestation cases.
- Legal Broadcast Network unveils new portal and channels.
- Tort reform panic on the Right?
- Settlements are better for clients then litigation according to new study.
- AIG has a another loss tied to mortgage securities
- Counsel Financial and legal finance firms in the NY Times.
- Internet marketing for Settlement Professionals and trial lawyers
- Final regulation on section 1.468B-6 trusts.
- Phony structured settlement quotes. Where are the state insurance commissioners?
- Rob Wood discusses the recent PLR on taxable damage cases
- Summit Settlements Channel is on the air.
- Independent contractor litigation. The next big thing?
- Treasury Department issues final regulations on 468B-6 section 1031 transfers.
- NSSTA unveils the Joe Jamail videos on their web site today
- The Fen Phen mistrial. Would someone wake up the trial lawyers please?
- Speaking of Settlements, $400 billion gone in 2008
- Mark Wahlstrom talks about internet marketing for structured settlement professionals
- Making money the old fashioned way in the insurance business by not paying claims.
- IFS obtains a private letter ruling on taxable claims, non-qualifed business.
- Jim Logan, NSSTA board member on Speaking of Settlements
- The Joe Jamail videos unveiled by NSSTA and LBN
- LBN, Speaking of Settlements and Wahlstrom. Whats new?
- New video with Attorney Robert Wood on 468b trusts
- LBN achieves a major milestone in it's expansion.
- Rob Wood on 468b trusts and attorney trust accounts
- Liberty Mutual bids for Safeco
- Joe Jamail video unveiled at NSSTA
- John Grisham on Speaking of Justice
- Robin Young is my choice for NSSTA Board
- Interesting reading, Mickey Sherman's new book
- Speaking of Settlements, Stan Harlan of Summit Settlements
- The "Lost Decade", the real estate collapse and why structures look awfully good.
- New media irritations for NSSTA and SSP.
- Military death benefit "windfall" subject of NY Times story
- Mark Wahlstrom joins Summit Settlements
- Bear Stearns collapse or Fear creates opportunity.
- Washington and Lee takes a big step forward in legal education
- WV Factoring bill; analysis of the final law
- Billy Murphy, commentary on Eliot Spitzer
- Another one bites the dust, Dickie Scruggs is guilty.
- Eliot Spitzers downfall, lessons learned?
- Podcast interview with Dave Snyder of Delta Group.
- Speaking of Settlements, join the professional network
- Vaccine program award in autism vaccine injury claim.
- HRT/Prempro verdicts. A bright spot for the settlement industry?
- Speaking of Settlements, new weekly show on LBN
- Joe Jamail addresses NSSTA in Austin, TX on structured settlements.
- Matt Garretson on lien resolution, Ahlborn and medicaid issues.
- Henry Strong video podcast from NSSTA in Austin
- Matt Garretson discusses the Ahlborn decision on Speaking of Justice
- A new year, new shows for The Settlement Channel
- Structure Settlement Video - Insurance Journal
- Rob Wood podcast on his new book on Independent contractor legal issues.
- Life Settlement Industry grows steadily.
- Executive Life payments to continue with out interuption.
- Molestation cases and structured settlements. Finally someone shows some leadership.
- Professor Richard Nagareda, Mass Torts in a world of Settlements.
- Wal-Mart subrogation article in the WSJ, Vioxx claimants might want to read this.
- Structured legal fees, why attorneys fail to use them.
- Vioxx settlements, a few scraps at the table.
- The Vioxx Settlement. What does it mean and what happens next?
- Eliminate the lawyers, the first step in martial law.
- The Legal Broadcast Network announces it's association with The Miller Group
- Scottsdale CLE event with WTLA and The Legal Broadcast Network
- The stunning Prempro verdict of $134 million. Want to know more?
- Settlement brokers drafting settlement documents. Are you guys nuts?
- The McDonald's $5.5 million strip search verdict; taxable or tax free?
- WSJ today features another argument for using annuities.
- A memorial to my mentor and friend, Varkis Ovian.
- Professor Erwin Chemerinsky in the news.
- San Diego Archdioces settles for $200 million. Justice served and justice denied.
- Ben Stein agrees, annuities could save your life!
- Annual update on The Settlement Channel and LBN
- The uncomfortable silence on the issue of plaintiff broker "give aways".
- Breast implant litigation and the case of the 1.5% problem.
- Structured sales, a languishing market.
- The post Katrina legal fall out continues, Richard Scruggs charged with comtempt.
- What the Wharton study didn't mention about the value of immediate annuities.
- Vioxx; Is it time for new tactics?
- The Kentucky fen-phen case and the case for transparency.
- Subprime mortgage mess; what does it mean to the settlement industry?
- Wharton School study makes the case for income annuities.
- Another big taxable damage case. $101 million wrongful imprisonment verdict announced.
- Options for Attorney's on taxable damage cases post Murphy.
- Tax saving options for trial lawyers and plaintiffs post Murphy v IRS
- Attorney Robert Wood podcast discusses fall out of Murphy vs IRS.
- LA Diocese abuse settlement and taxable damages after the Murphy vs IRS case. Boy have we got a problem.
- Mark Wahlstrom featured on KFNN real estate program on structured sales
- Featured podcast on $5.5 Million Award in First Federal Fentanyl Patch Trial
- Bad news for Mrs. Murphy. Appeals court reverses Murphy vs IRS ruling.
- Announcing new commentators and channels for The Settlement Channel.
- Mark Wahlstrom's presentation to NSSTA on Mass Torts and 468b trusts
- Mark Wahlstrom and Brian Michaels of ATG Trust discuss 468b
- Attorney Robert Wood discusses 468b trusts and their tax issues.
- Matt Garretson discusses medicare lien issues using a 468b trust.
- Why I hate most life insurance company back offices. Shame on Manulife.
- Why I decided to run for the board of directors of NSSTA.
- Attorney Jan Schlichtmann and Attorney Rick Kuykendall discuss 468b trusts.
- Video of Mark Wahlstrom and Jan Schlichtmann at Mass Torts Conference.
- Mass Torts, a changing, challenging road ahead.
- Reports from the Mass Torts Made Perfect Conference.
- Jan Schlichtmann featured in stories across the US using major settlement trust innovation.
- Major innovation in Mass Torts to be announced this week.
- Mark Wahlstrom featured in Wall Street Journal article on structured sales.
- Long over due tax reform on legal fee deductibility.
- Part II in our case study of variable annuities in structured settlements.
- $27 million in punitive damages in Humeston Vioxx case.
- Vioxx Verdict in NJ. $20 million to plaintiff.
- Variable annuities in court settlements, case study #1.
- Vioxx decisions and conversation on the WSJ Law Blog
- Variable annuity features, their relevance to personal injury settlements.
- Allstate finally recognizes the value of a brand name.
- Murphy vs IRS, decision vacated, but is this the end or the begining?
- Using Variable annuities to supplement structured settlements.
- Asset Protection Trusts, a cottage industry.
- Third Circuit throws out Congoleum's asbestos bankruptcy plan.
- Why cases cash out and don't get structured. A case study.
- New wave annuity article in Financial Planning magazine.
- Mark Wahlstrom mentioned in Forbes article on structured sales
- CNN reports on hard ball claims tactics in settlements.
- Mass Mutual Life closes their Settlement Solution's operation.
- The Settlement Channel, year end summary.
- Met Life joins the club of companies settling over contingent commissions.
- Chubb becomes latest firm to end contingent commissions.
- An Interesting twist in the Vioxx litigation.
- Structured Legal Fees. Tis the season to do tax planning.
- Prudential settles with California over contingent commission probe.
- The pendulum has swung.
- Structured Sales, the impending destruction of a trade name.
- Mark Wahlstrom featured in Robb Report Vacation homes on structured sales.
- Symetra decides to with draw from NSSTA membership.
- Nationwide named in class action rebating case filed in Florida.
- Podcast update on Murphy vs. IRS case with Atty. Rob Wood
- Attorney Rob Wood podcast on Private Annuity Trusts and structured sales.
- AIG, Genworth and others subpoenaed by SEC and DOJ on bid rigging.
- Part two of podcast on bankruptcy issues and factoring.
- Structured Sales. Prudential enters the market via it's PruCo Assignment Company
- Important podcast series on bankruptcy and factoring.
- The Trial Lawyer Resource Center.
- Summary of the NSSTA meeting in Florida.
- Part two of podcast on factoring, ethical issues for settlement planners
- Private annuity trusts blown out of the water by IRS
- Owens Corning settlement and structured legal fees.
- Prempro trial declared a mistrial.
- The Factoring channel commentary on brokers roles in factoring.
- Spitzer goes after ING. Revenue sharing deals examined.
- Prempro verdict for plaintiffs in first phase of trial.
- The new wave of litigation on pension and annuity products.
- Great article on annuties, longevity and their use in planning.
- Wyoming Trial Lawyers Podcasts featured on TSC.
- Cases filed on Vioxx surge. Lets do the math.
- Join The Settlement Channel in Scottsdale this fall!
- This is why some people fear blogging.
- Federal Vioxx jury sides with Merck in latest trial.
- NY Times article on patent law "justice" in a small East Texas town.
- A fresh approach and a reason to play golf in Scottsdale.
- Part three of podcasts on Legal marketing.
- Prempro trial ends with defense verdict.
- Excellent blog on the RI Lead Paint case.
- The Last Boy Scout. Or, why am I the only person troubled by these things?
- Legal marketing on the internet.
- Media silence on latest Vioxx revelation.
- Merck's Vioxx found to pose additional safety problems, according to JAMA study.
- Podcast series on Legal Marketing with Dan Goldstein of Page1 Solutions.
- Check out my commentary on the settlement industry and Murphy
- Government found liable in informant death cases.
- Some cosmetic changes.
- Federal Judge throws out $50 million Vioxx verdict.
- Reaction to Murphy vs IRS ruling.
- Podcast interviews with Attorney Robert Wood on the Murphy decision.
- Murphy vs IRS, analysis of the decision.
- Murphy decision commentary on the blogosphere
- Portion of section 104(a)(2) deemed unconstitutional by DC Circuit Court
- Article on last of 9-11 airline cases today.
- While the Settlement Industry was fighting over commissions...
- Stunning news. Merck verdict in NJ tossed due to new evidence.
- Merck Verdict, $50,000,000 for the plaintiff
- Jury finds for plaintiff in Federal Vioxx trial.
- Genworth Financial exits the structured settlement business.
- A True vacation.
- Another Vioxx verdict in Merck's favor.
- Update on Civil Action Radio.
- Settlement Roundtable podcast reviewing ATLA convention.
- John Darer and Mark Wahlstrom discuss marketing abuse by factoring companies.
- A question to life markets on issuing annuity contracts.
- Interesting news from Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards.
- Part two of my interview with John Darer.
- Three part podcast series with John Darer on internet marketing abuses.
- Jack Warden died today.
- Part three of podcast on Alborn medicaid decision.
- ATLA has a new name.
- Part two of podcast on the Alborn medicaid decision.
- Three Part Podcast series on Alborn Medicaid decision.
- A win for Merck, but the jury sends a message.
- Vacation is over. Time to restart the engines.
- Spinning Vioxx stories.
- A few months of Vioxx can likely cause cardiac harm
- Mark Wahlstrom at the WTLA convention.
- Summer construction
- More problems for Milberg Weiss
- A bad week for asbestos lawyers.
- Billing v Credit Suisse First Boston, et al.
- Tried to sell that investment property/second home lately?
- Compensation disclosure. The approaching storm in settlements?
- House bill provision would strengthen insurers subrogation claims.
- Second part of interview with Patrick Hindert
- Wahlstrom & Associates structured sales blog.
- Merck admits a significant data error on Vioxx
- Part I of my talk with Pat Hindert on the recent NSSTA annual
- The Settlement Channel, over 100,000 served.
- Spitzer settles two large title insurance rebate cases
- New independent study of Vioxx shows impact after 4 months.
- Milberg, Weiss indicted for illegally paying clients in class actions.
- Excellent article in the WSJ on Vioxx and the New England Journal of Medicine
- Part 4 of the podcast series on factoring.
- Mark's part time hobby.
- Part three of the podcast series on Factoring.
- Podcast with Attorney Mark Zamora, author of "A Georgia Lawyer" blog.
- Hartford Insurance settles claims with CT and NY AG's
- Part two of the Settlement factoring discussion series.
- Factoring, a podcast discussion with Matt Bracy
- Pharmaceutical smear campaigns finally being exposed.
- US Senate attempt at malpractice limits fails.
- Spring breaks over, new shows and podcasts this week.
- Cancer Clusters, litigation and finding justice
- Asbestos trial in Libby, Montana raises new issues.
- The New Wave, and I don't mean music.
- Merck hit for $32 million in Texas state court Vioxx case.
- Interview with Jack Meligan on ethic's issues surrounding compensation disclosure.
- Details on the Vioxx verdict.
- Vioxx jury returns $9 million punitive award in NJ case
- Vioxx litigation, where it stands now, what lies ahead.
- Vioxx verdict is in, and once again, a cloudy picture.
- Monday morning commentary.
- Big and getting Bigger. Another record month for The Settlement Channel
- A "must read" article on the lead paint verdict in Rhode Island.
- Attorney Ralph Stone podcast on recent Macomber vs Travelers ruling
- Favorable ruling for Big Tobacco on state payments.
- A set back in the Macomber class action against Travelers.
- My buddy Jan Schlichtmann back in the news in a big way.
- The strangely silent Vioxx trial.
- Supreme Court hears important patent case this week.
- Another record month of traffic
- St. Paul's/Travelers to merge with Zurich Insurance
- The "Tort Tax" fallacy and other statistical lies.
- Monday Morning Commentary Podcast
- The Settlement Channel on Google and Blinkx.tv
- Intriguing week at the Vioxx Trial
- Mark's Monday morning commentary.
- SSP annual meeting this week in Washington, DC
- Elliot Spitzer launches investigation into rebating by Title companies.
- Latest of the NSSTA committee interviews.
- Financial dissipation, more proof of why structures are needed.
- Important Lead Paint case verdict in Rhode Island
- Crucial Vioxx trial commences next week in NJ
- Interview with Jim Able of Selective Settlements International
- Vioxx litigation. The second guessing begins.
- Jury Finds for Merck in third Vioxx Trial.
- Vioxx is back on the front burner.
- So much for that Asbestos legislation.
- Important procedural vote today on Asbestos Bill
- Interesting article on lawsuit against Craigs List.
- AIG writes a BIG check to settle out claims.
- First hurdle cleared in asbestos bill in the senate.
- Big day for the future of the Asbestos Fund.
- Mile stone, 50,000 distinct visits and downloads.
- Mark Wahlstrom interviews NSSTA President Jeff Bowers
- Introducing our Open Forum for Settlement Professionals.
- Video podcast with Larry Curtis, Educational committee.
- Mark discussed Structured Legal fee's with Mal Deener of Hartford Life
- Pat Hindert Video podcast on year ahead in structures.
- Interview with Susan Bradley, CFP, Author of "Sudden Money"
- Interview at NSSTA with Dr. Daniel Shapiro, Harvard Negotiation Project.
- Congressman JD Hayworth, video podcast at NSSTA convention.
- ATLA considers Structured Settlement "affinity" program.
- Some pictures from the NSSTA event.
- Report from the NSSTA convention.
- NSSTA regional at the Biltmore in Phoenix.
- New Year, new ventures.
- Commission battles in Real Estate sales mirror structures.
- Dr. Topol, Fall out for Vioxx comments?
- A must read article on Vioxx
- NEJM Editor regrets not challenging Merck study earlier.
- Merck fall out continues
- Merck; "Extra ordinarily stupid" decision to omit study data.
- New England Journal of Medicine: Merck Concealed data
- Merck wraps up defense in first Federal Vioxx trial.
- The tragedy of instant money.
- Cardiologist calls Merck's behavior "repulsive"
- Video blogs from Mass Torts Made Perfect conference
- Judge allows key Video deposition in Vioxx trial.
- Supreme Court agrees to hear major subrogation case.
- First day of Vioxx Trial in Federal Court in Houston
- Merck/Vioxx trial. Round three starts next week.
- Thanksgiving and other stuff(ing)
- Listen Live!
- Next NJ Vioxx Trial set for January.
- Mass Torts Made Perfect conference
- Advertising on Web sites explodes.
- Lawyers argue over meaning of Vioxx study
- New podcasts on taxes and settlement roundtable
- NJ Vioxx Judge wants next cases to be long term use.
- Stock prices drive settlement strategies.
- New Podcasts this week.
- Vioxx litigation. An analysis from a settlement perspective.
- Merck and defense team come up with a big win on Vioxx case in NJ.
- NJ Vioxx trial goes to the jury, deliberations begin.
- Our first video podcast and peek at the future.
- Great profile of a trial lawyer
- Judge Fallon comments on break away group in Vioxx MDL
- Huge news on legal strategy for Vioxx litigation.
- Links to podcasts on Yahoo and Itunes.
- Major split in the trial lawyers pursuing litigation against Merck.
- Vioxx trial enters it's final days in NJ
- This week's podcasts on The Settlement Channel
- Merck witness maintains theory that stress caused plaintiffs heart attack.
- Merck's cardiologist testifies other factors caused plaintiff's heart attack
- Merck discussed making Vioxx "safer" even while insisting it was safe.
- Serono Labs. pleads guilty in landmark whistle blower case.
- Vioxx litigation. Long term battle?
- Jury questions add extra element to Vioxx trial.
- Settlement Channel podcasts this week.
- Time Inc.wants deal with Coach Price thrown out.
- A quieter day in the Merck/Vioxx trial.
- Guidant defibrillator recalls raises dilema.
- Coach Mike Price settles defamation case with Sports Illustrated.
- Background on Friday's meltdown in Vioxx trial.
- Is Merck angling for a mistrial knowing their defense is doomed?
- US judge withholds approval of KPMG tax shelter settlement.
- Merck Lawyers threatened with removal from court in explosive exhange.
- Commission theft, or "why do plaintiff experts want to end the defense monopoly."
- Is this the best Bush can do?
- NJ Vioxx trial grinds on.
- Radio shows and podcasts on The Settlement Channel
- NJ Vioxx case, is Merck doing a better job this time around?
- NJ Vioxx trial under the radar in the media. Our summary of events this week.
- Doctor testifies Vioxx "contributing factor" in heart attack
- Federal Vioxx cases moved to Houston.
- Rehnquist dies, Roberts nominated for Chief Justice, New Orleans destroyed.
- End of the real estate boom?
- Merck begins to consider settlement.
- Vioxx verdict is in. Merck is Toast. $229 million for the plaintiff.
- Merck witness disputes cause of death.
- Hartford subpoenaed by state AG over structured settlement practices.
- Something lighter for the golfers among us.
- Merck is in big trouble in Texas.
- Hank Greenberg gets mad, and then gets even.
- Vioxx jury views contested deposition.
- Merck gets hurt on causation.
- Shows, programing and progress.
- Lanier open's strong in Vioxx trials first week.
- Executive Life verdict announced.
- Vioxx testimony focuses on discrepancy in letter
- Sports Illustrated loses in federal appeals court.
- Great stuff at the Vioxx Trial
- Rare moment of agreement with NY Times
- Jury Selection begins on first Vioxx case.
- Medicaid and asset protection
- As if we didn't have enough problems.
- Great article on Podcasting.
- Vioxx trial to proceed.
- Podcasting, the future of commentary on the web.
- You need to lighten up Sandy baby...
- Next weeks show on Legal Broadcast Network
- Steve Jobs makes Mark Wahlstrom's life easier
- Legal Broadcast Network is back on the air.
- Mark Wahlstrom joins Selective Settlements
- The changing rules of running insurance companies.
- Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association meeting.
- Strange happenings at the top
- Supreme suprise. Conservatives on "Liberal" issues.
- RSS readers and where to get them.
- Cruising, blogging and podcasts
- It's the Podcasts you've all been waiting for!
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