Richard Hamlin sent some thoughtful comments on Billboard Insider’s When joint ventures do and don’t make sense. Richard Hamlin, Hamlin|Cody It is an excellent article, that describes when a joint venture makes sense and when it might not. As for legal risks, they are conceptually the same as for any […]
The OAAA recently issued a legal report discussiong clean zones. Billboard Insider talked with OAAA SVP-Government Affairs, Andy McDonald to learn more. Andy, what are clean zones and why do they matter to an out of home company? Clean zones are buffer areas established by host cities, in coordination with […]
Billboard Insider published in its September 16th edition an interesting article about Lamar Outdoor’s successful inverse condemnation trial against the City of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. I have several comments about the case. First and foremost, congratulations to my friends Bill Hickman, Lamar’s attorney, and Paul Wright, Lamar’s testifying appraiser, […]
In the State of Florida, effective October 1, 2025, the state sales tax imposed on rent or license fees for the use of real property (commercial rentals) under section 212.031, Florida Statutes (F.S.), is repealed. This means no state sales tax or discretionary sales surtax applies to rent or license […]
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 […]
