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Archive by author: Carlos KaslowReturn

Carlos Kaslow is a California attorney and has served as the General Counsel to the Self Storage Association. He is the editor of the Self Storage Legal Review, the SSA’s legal periodical. He is a founding partner of the Self Storage Legal Network; the industry’s only telephone legal information service. Mr. Kaslow has provided legal consulting services to several of the largest U.S. self storage operators, including Public Storage, Inc., Shurgard Storage Centers and U-Store-It. He has written numerous articles on legal and insurance issues confronting self storage for the SSA Magazine and other industry publications. He is the co-author of the Rental Agreement Handbook.

Texas Classifies Mosquitos as Wild Animals

Carlos Kaslow posted on 11/4/2016 1:58:00 PM

The Texas Supreme Court’s ruling that mosquitos are wild animals may appear of little significance to self storage operators. However, the court’s decision in Union Pacific Railroad, Corp. v. Nami, 2016 Tex. LEXIS 571,could prove significant for any landowner in a mosquito infested area as fears of the West Nile and Zika viruses are spreading across the country.

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