By Abbey L. Kaplan The scenario: you are at a charity event sponsored by a real estate development firm and the MC, the company president, asks if anyone wants to buy his lavish home for $5,000.  A man in the audience shouts “I’ll take it!”.  The man does not pay the $5,000 before …

By Abbey Kaplan    I was awake at 4:58 this morning, the result of a brighter than usual light coming from my the alarm on the side of my bed.  Maybe it was a signal because I immediately started to compose my thoughts for this message. Regardless of where I …

Happy Thanksgiving from everyone at Kluger Kaplan!  Thanksgiving is a time of reflecting on the good fortune we have experienced, personally and professionally, during the year.  Founding members, Alan Kluger and Abbey Kaplan, have shared what makes Kluger Kaplan so special and why they are thankful for such a warm …

By Abbey L. Kaplan Recently I found myself in multi-party mediations where parties on the other side were represented by one attorney.  Problems arose when my client and I believed we settled the case only to find that the interests of the parties represented by joint counsel diverged, derailing the …

By Abbey Kaplan Earlier this week, the Miami Herald reported that developers in South Florida are relying on buyer financing to finance residential construction projects.  In the last few years, I have seen a number of lawsuits by banks against developers, suing the individuals on their personal guarantees when the projects failed. …