Lease terms can impact the value of just compensation. That’s the lesson of Dept of Transportation versus Adams outdoor Advertising of Charlotte. Here are the facts: In October 2001 Adams outdoor acquired a billboard in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 2006 the lease expired and Adams Outdoor negotiated a new lease […]
Rothfelder & Falick set out to provide the industry with one source for all aspects of Billboard Law. This book does just that. There are 300 pages of summary and articles broken into seven sections including: FIRST AMENDMENT CHALLENGES AND CONTENT BASED SIGN CODES WHAT THE OPERATOR CAN DISPLAY […]
Laist and Los Angeles Times report that there are dueling initiates which would impact billboards, parking fees and taxes in Inglewood. Inglewood Residents for Stadum Accountability, which is funded by WOW Media and WOW Media CEO Scott Krantz is seeking petition signatures for an initiative to cap SoFi stadium parking […]
Billboard Insider recently published an article on the 2009 Nebraska Supreme Court case of Lamar Co vs City of Fremont, along with the follow up comments from California attorney Richard Hamlin. Among the several interesting legal issues in the case was Lamar’s allegation of tortious interference, which basically consisted of […]
California Out of Home attorney Richard Hamlin of the Hamlin|Cody law firm comments on Billboard Permit rights run with the land. We are especially interested in his thoughts on tortious interference. This is an issue for all of you who talk to landlords or who are approached by landlords who […]
Do billboard permit rights run with the land or with an individual? Permit rights run with the land is the lesson or Lamar Co v City of Fremont. Here are the facts. Several billboard structures were constructed in Fremont, Nebraska by Bellows Outdoor in 1991 and 1999 on land owned […]
Billboards are among the most heavily regulated land uses, by municipal, state, and federal officials, under statutory and administrative sign, building, and zoning codes. However, the threshold question in every billboard regulation is whether a given structure even legally qualifies as a “sign,” thereby subjecting it to governmental permitting […]
Yesterday we ran a post by Sam Stokely of Stokely Outdoor asking for advice about condemnation issues in Oklahoma. Here are some of the comments we received. Out of home attorney Richard Hamlin of Hamlin|Cody says it’s important to engage a lawyer You should engage an attorney now! It does […]
We received this note from Sam Stokely of Stokely Outdoor based in Broken Arrow, OK. Thought we would take it out to the wider community for your thoughts and comments. I have 7 separate billboards that are currently in condemnation. Four of them I can move back and three will […]
At the IBO Conference, Richard Rothfelder, Chris Rothfelder and Mike Falick had an engaging discussion about aspects of billboard law focused around their new book. Continuing that conversation, here are more excerpts from that discussion as they consider some of the key legal issues facing the OOH industry. Leases, Easements, and […]
