Tag: out of home legal

Rothfelder’s Legal Predictions for 2020

Since I still haven’t taken down my Christmas tree or lights, despite my wife’s justifiable and persistent encouragement to do so, I suppose its not too late to offer my annual legal predictions for the outdoor advertising industry for 2020.  I recently re-read my 3 Legal Predictions for 2019 published […]

Billboard Insider’s Out of Home Law Firm List

Insider has assembled a list of law firms active in the out of home business.  We’ve sorted the list by state and we’ve also highlighted law firms and lawyers who are members of the OAAA or IBOUSA.  Membership in an out of home trade group is a great tipoff that […]

Out of home legal: Don’t let the best become the enemy of the good.

Don’t let the best become the enemy of the good.  That’s the lesson of Lamar versus County of Los Angeles which was decided on 5/8/18  Here are the facts. In 1967 the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works granted Lamar’s predecessor a permit to construct a billboard in unincorporated […]

Make your lease binding on successors, heirs and assigns.

Make sure your leases binding on successors, heirs and assigns.  That’s the lesson of Tavakoli v CBS Outdoor.  Here’s a summary of the case.   In 1993 National Advertising entered into a lease with Fred Cullincini for the operation of a billboard along Highway 99 in Stockton CA.  The lease […]

Sloane on empty sign regulations

Yesterday Florida out of home attorney Jennifer Sloane talked about the importance of due diligence when you are acquiring an out of home company.  Today she talks about out of home legal issues. What’s the Florida regulatory landscape like for out of home? From a state perspective, it’s quite favorable […]

Jennifer Sloane on out of home legal mistakes

Lawyer:  Jennifer Sloane Address:  Post Office Box 2890, Winter Park, Florida 32790 Phone:  407-599-7400 Email:  JSloane@Sloanelawoffice.com Last Saturday Insider featured Jennifer Sloane’s golfing hobby in Out of the Office.  Sloane has a Winter Park, Florida out of home advertising legal practice.  Today Sloane discusses common legal mistakes which out of […]

Out of home legal: Be Reasonable When You Lose A Lease

Be reasonable when you lose a lease or it may cost you.  That’s the lesson of M&M Media and Ace Outdoor Advertising versus Regency Outdoor Advertising. Here’s a summary of the case. Regency Outdoor Advertising and M&M Media Group signed a lease for a billboard atop a building in Los Angeles.  […]

Readers comment on “When is a Contract Not a Contract”

Last Friday Insider explained a decision not to renegotiate a written outdoor advertising contract even though a client threatened to withold future business.  Insider touched a nerve and received lots of comments.  Here’s a selection: “I would have either done what you did, or negotiated a contract extension/other upsell on their […]

Rothfelder on a Successful Takings Case

You may have redress if a city misinterprets sign rules to get you to take down a sign.  Richard Rothfelder of Rothfelder and Falick talks here about City of Houston v. De Trapani, a successful takings case he litigated against the city of Houston. Introduction The City of Houston (the […]