Legal Issues
Legal Issues
Compliance With The ADA
When Are Repairs To A Facility Not "Readily Achievable"? Self-storage facilities are
"public accommodations" under the Americans with Disabilities Act. As
such, facility operators are required...
E-Sign Lease Agreements
Understanding the Legalities Starting with the passage of the
E-Sign law in 2000 (formally the Electronic Signatures in Global and National
Commerce Act), landlords, including self-storage...
Workplace Drug Abuse
Reducing the Risk of Impaired Workers Workplace drug abuse can threaten your
bottom line in many ways: higher absenteeism, lower productivity, and costly
accidents that spark customer...
What’s The Difference Between A “Clickwrap” And A “Browsewrap”?
In that so many self-storage companies are moving to online lease transactions, it is becoming increasingly important for those companies to have in place...
The “Creepy Tenant Dude” Syndrome
What's A Self-Storage Manager To Do? As odd as these stories have
become, the solution to the type of tenants that seem to spend an inordinate
amount...
Something Fishy Is Going On Here
Handling Suspicion Of Criminal Activity At Your Facility Law enforcement commonly describes certain red flags for self-storage operators that might suggest criminal activity occurring at...
A Unique Specialty Niche
Dedicated Gun Storage Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell While
the national debate over gun laws and safety continues, the fact remains that a
large percentage of Americans own...
Sexual Harassment
Not Just In Hollywood Or In Congress Over the last few months, the
country has certainly seen a significant renewed focus on the issue of sexual
harassment...
Legislative Victories
Enhancing Self-Storage Operations Around the Country 2017 saw some positive changes relating to self-storage operations around the country. The national Self Storage Association...
What’s A Waiver Of Subrogation?
A "Waiver of
Subrogation" is a common provision found in most self-storage rental
agreements. It involves the subrogation rights of an insurance company as to
whether it...
Keeping Pace With Spare Space
Challenges Confront The Peer-To-Peer Self-Storage Disrupters There has been some noise recently in Australia about self-storage industry disruption from peer-to-peer storage providers. Unsurprisingly, this noise...
Natural Disasters Continue To Impact Self-Storage Operators
Once again, I find myself writing about natural disasters that have impacted our country. After years of dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina...
Data Breach
State Laws Govern As it currently stands, there is no specific federal law addressing a business's obligations when it comes to a data breach. Although...
Online Crime
Are You Prepared For The Next Cyber Attack? Cybercrime has dominated news headlines this year, from a phishing scam at Snapchat to the WannaCry ransomware...
Workplace Drug Abuse
Reducing the Risk of Impaired Workers Workplace drug abuse can threaten your
bottom line in many ways: higher absenteeism, lower productivity, and costly
accidents that spark customer...
What’s The Law On The “Salary Question”?
What's The Law On "Banning The Box"? Salary
"What's your current salary?" may seems like an innocuous question
that you might ask while interviewing a potential new...
A Storage Owner’s Rights:
When a Rental Truck Damages Their Facility The use of a rental truck is a common
occurrence in the self-storage business. But, because renters are typically...
Surplus Uncertainties
Handling Excess Lien Sale Proceeds It’s been more than six years since Storage Wars, a reality television show
that follows self-storage auction buyers, first aired....
After A Lien Sale
Dealing With The Return Of Personal Property The situation is not that
uncommon. At the conclusion of a lien sale, the high bidder will walk...
Lawsuit Tsunami
Thousands Of ADA Compliance Claims Flood Phoenix California and some other states have dealt with multiple lawsuit filings related to the Americans with Disabilities Act...
Payroll Pitfalls
Which Workers Are Overtime Eligible? As in many industries, employers in the self-storage business are being caught up in the wave of wage and hour...
Presidential Projections
Will Trump Be A Boon For Self-Storage? Here is something to consider as we move into the Trump Era after eight years under President Obama:...
2016: An Off-Year
The Slow Moving Legislative Agenda Although the phrase “legislative activity” could be considered an oxymoron, 2016 was by most standards even quieter than normal. That’s...
Proceeds From A Lien Sale
Following State Law Rules Although the expectation of having proceeds from a lien sale (defined as funds remaining from a sale after all outstanding tenant...
Overtime Issues In Self-Storage
Understanding The Regulations An ongoing issue in the self-storage industry is addressing the hours worked by managers who live on the facility premises. Although the...
ViewPoint: What do you see as the most pressing legal issue currently facing the self-storage industry?
Question: What do you see as the most pressing legal issue currently facing the self-storage industry? David R. Bluestone - Sr. VP Operations
Morningstar Properties David...
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Is It Time for a Self-Storage Renovation?
How To Assess and Plan for Renovations at Your Self-Storage Facility
As any facility owner knows, it’s essential not to...
AZSA 23rd Annual Conference & Trade Show and Golf Tournament
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23rd Annual Arizona Self-Storage Conference &...
4 Lessons the Self-Storage Industry Can Learn From Big Brands
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The Truth about Self-Storage Lead Aggregators
Over the last decade, the self-storage industry has witnessed the rise and fall of several specialized lead aggregation websites....
