Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, strongly endorses structured settlements. His comments were provided to the National  Structured Settlements Trade Association (NSSTA). Buffett has been an ardent proponent of structured settlements for decades. He’s grown Berkshire Hathaway into one of the largest structured settlement annuity...

A 2005 U.S. Supreme Court ruling established that in certain types of contingency fee arrangement cases, the attorney fee portion of the recovery must be included in the Plaintiff’s gross income. Including the attorney portion of the recovery in gross income, without a corresponding deduction, results...