In response to Andy Goodman’s article on Abatement Clauses, we would just add that the CalTrans case is obviously not the only time (or state law to consider) when visibility issues and abatement can become an issue in billboard leases. There are several reasons to have a good abatement clause […]
By Kerry Yoakum, OAAA OAAA sponsors a Legal Seminar every other year. Insider asked Kerry Yoakum, Vice President/Government Affairs, to tell us about the 18th OAAA Legal Seminar. What is the Legal Seminar? The substantive agenda features topics that broadly impact out of home media: the constitutional challenge to existing regulation, […]
Part 3 in a series on First Amendment Sign Cases by J. Allen Smith, an eminent domain and condemnation expert at Settlepou, a Dallas law firm. Smith previously discussed Metromedia and two cases which amplified Metromedia. The reverberations of Reed v. Town of Gilbert are in full effect. Its […]
Insider has asked Allen Smith to write a series of articles on landmark out of home advertising legal cases. Allen Smith is a eminent domain and condemnation expert at Settlepou, a Dallas law firm. For more information on Mr Smith, please see Smith’s Settlepou bio. Today Smith discusses Metromedia v City […]
