The OAAA issued guidance to out of home companies yesterday relating to advertising for non-tobacco nicotine products (e.g. e-cigarettes or vaping). Billboard Insider thinks of the common sense advice Ken Klein (who retired as the OAAA EVP Government Affairs in 2021) gave when talking about marijuana advertising: “Excess is not […]
A Billboard Insider reader recently asked the following about Stop Work Orders: What do you do when you are issued a “Stop Work Order” by the local zoning department? Do you stop building the billboard even though you have the approval to build? If so, what are the legal hoops […]
Yesterdays ordinance article was well read and also received a comment from California based attorney Richard Hamlin of the Hamlin|Cody firm. We always appreciate feedback from our readers and wanted to share his comment. “When a state agency acts in its governmental capacity, that trumps local ordinances. When a state […]
Earlier this week Billboard Insider wrote that you don’t need a landlord’s consent to put a data collection device on a billboard if your lease allows you to add “other appurtenances and ancillary equipment” on the billboard. California out of home attorney Richard Hamlin writes that a court may not […]
I couldn’t agree more with Insider’s takeaways from the Lamar v. Country Side Restaurant Inc case out of Wisconsin. I would add that, not only should an operator that loses a sign due to condemnation carefully read all documents and be mindful of release language, but also pay close attention […]
Relocation expenses are one thing and just compensation is another. That’s the lesson of Lamar vs Country Side Restaurant, Inc. Here are the facts. Country Side Restaurants, Inc. (“Country Side”) owned a 76,000 square foot parcel of land. It leased a portion of the land to Lamar to construct […]
Lots of Billboard Insider readers agree with Richard Rothfelder that QR codes are a bad idea on roadside billboards… Attorney Marnie Cody says a QR code on a sign is an accident waiting to happen… I couldn’t agree more with Rothfelder’s comments this morning. A QR code on a sign […]
Billboard Insider recently came across a billboard, which includes in the display a QR code. We’ve all become familiar with the use of QR codes, whether in restaurant menus, print media, and even television commercials. You know how it works: click on the QR code with your cell phone camera, […]
A Billboard Insider reader writes: We have to renew our permit fees for our existing boards every 2 years. If we do not pay the fee every couple of years then the state will revoke our right to put ads on the boards. Is this not also a tax on […]
Last week out of home leasing and development expert Andy Goodman talked about issues which arise when a billboard is on a multiple tenant property. Today he talks about visibility and rent resets Visibility and Rent Resets When you sign a lease and do business with a property owner, you’re […]
