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Archive by category: Legislative / RegulatoryReturn

California Supreme Court Rules Protection Plan Is Not Insurance

Carlos Kaslow posted on 4/30/2018 10:19:00 AM

The California Supreme Court last week unanimously ruled that a protection plan is not insurance. The decision ended five years of litigation against A-1 Self Storage.

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Your Late Fees May Not Be The Only Fees That Your State Regulates: Understanding Bank Charges Under State Law

Scott Zucker posted on 2/1/2018 10:14:00 AM

A lot of attention has been generated recently regarding what “late fees” may be charged by self storage operators to their tenants based on state law requirements.

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Is That Your Best Effort?

Carlos Kaslow posted on 1/29/2018 4:21:00 PM

Contracts of all varieties place an obligation on one or both parties to use their “best effort” or “commercially reasonable efforts” or some variation on the efforts theme to accomplish the goals of the contract.

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Meal Breaks: Washington Supreme Court Places New Burden on Employers

Carlos Kaslow posted on 7/24/2017 10:56:00 PM

Not all states require that employees who work more than a set number of hours to be given an unpaid meal break. In states that do require meal breaks litigation against employers is common.

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Cellphone Parity

Carlos Kaslow posted on 5/9/2017 10:51:00 AM

According to a recent National Health Survey, 50.8% of households had only cellphone service in the second half of 2016. This is the first time that the survey indicated that more households exclusively used cellphone service than a landline. It is a trend that is expected to continue.

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House Passes Class Action Reform Bill

Carlos Kaslow posted on 4/27/2017 9:58:00 AM

The United States House of Representatives has passed the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017 (H.R. 985) by a 220 to 201 margin.

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Self Storage Not Wanted!

Scott Zucker posted on 4/17/2017 9:53:00 AM

First it was Mayor DeBlazio supporting no self storage development in the Industrial Business Zones in New York. Next came the moratorium in Florida prohibiting self storage development along Highway 41.

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Limitation of Value of Stored Property

Carlos Kaslow posted on 4/17/2017 9:33:00 AM

On December 17, 2014 an Illinois Circuit court judge ruled that a limitation of value provision in a container storage agreement violates public policy and was not enforceable. The judge’s ruling greatly expanded the mobile storage operator’s potential liability for damages.

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Limited Lines Licensing for Self Storage

Scott Zucker posted on 2/6/2017 9:00:00 AM

Over twenty states currently include a limited lines insurance program that specifically allows self storage operators to obtain an insurance license to sell tenant insurance (for loss or damage to stored goods) directly to their customers and to be entitled to receive a commission for the sale.

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California Supreme Court Rules on Employee Rest Breaks

Carlos Kaslow posted on 1/12/2017 2:26:00 PM

Most California employees are entitled to two 10 minute rest breaks when working an eight hour shift. One question that has not been addressed is whether workers who are taking a rest break may be “on call” to respond to the occasional situation that requires their attention.

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