Legal

Justin Powell on Girard, Ohio Litigation

Sometimes you have to pursue legal remedies to protect your rights when faced with a regulator which doesn’t play by the rules.  Girard, Ohio adopted an ordinance 12 years ago banning new billboards on certain parts of the city.  In other parts of the city billboards are allowed.    A […]

The Impact of Eminent Domain on Billboard Owners: Safeguarding Your Investments

By Paul Wright, CEO, SignValue In response to Andy Goodman’s insightful piece on handling condemnation letters, we thought it was important to shed light on the significant implications eminent domain can have on billboard owners and the proactive measures they can take to safeguard their investments. As a firm deeply […]

Andy Goodman on What to do When You Receive a Condemnation Letter

In his last column out of home leasing and development expert Andy Goodman talked about billboard leasing trends.  Today Andy talks about what to do when you get a condemnation letter. What do you do when you get a condemnation letter? The first thing I would do is contact my […]

Rothfelder on Political Advertising on Billboards

With Super Tuesday approaching, we at Rothfelder & Falick have received numerous questions from our corporate and individually owned billboard clients regarding political advertising on their billboards, like: What can be advertised for state and federal elections? What rules apply and how do they differ? What if the advertising is […]

Andy Goodman on Billboard Leasing Trends

Billboard Insider talked with out of home leasing and development expert Andy Goodman about trends in billboard development and leasing. You’ve been busy developing signs Yes we’ve completed a few digital signs for clients.  The most recent one was in the city of Yucaipa on the 10 Freeway for Leonard and […]

Private Equity and Out of Home: Resolving Conflict

Last Friday, out of home attorney Richard Hamlin discussed how to avoid conflict when your out of home company raises private equity.  Today he discusses how to resolve conflicts. Resolving Conflict:   Try reframing the situation.  Instead of looking at something as a conflict, consider it a disagreement.  Be curious.  What […]

Private Equity and Out of Home: Avoiding Conflict

Billboard Insider asked out of home attorney Richard Hamlin of Hamlin|Cody to  talk about the legal aspects of private equity.  Today Richard will discuss how to avoid conflict when your out of home company raises private equity.  On Monday he will discuss how to resolve conflict when raising private equity. […]

Run a Title Report Before You Write a Billboard Lease

Out of home attorney Marnie Christine Cody Ware of the Hamlin | Cody Law firm makes an excellent point on the importance of doing research before you write a billboard lease. I read your Tribal Land article  and my immediate thought was this. Separate from tribal land, if you intend […]

Wind Farm Dispute Could Impact Billboards on Tribal Land

Make sure you understand exactly who owns what rights before you put a billboard on tribal land.  That’s the lesson of United States v. Osage Wind, LLC.  The dispute involves a wind farm but has implications for billboards.  Here are the facts. In 1906 the surface estate of the Osage […]

San Antonio Considers a Sign District

Another big city is considering the benefits of large digital signs.  OUTFRONT and the Urban Activation Institute are spearheading an attempt to develop an arts and entertainment district which would include digital signs. San Antonio Report quotes a city staffer as saying that the signs will help activate spaces and […]