Last Friday Michael Falick and Chris Rothfelder discussed vesting rights for billboard permits and whether local zoning codes can be pre-empted by a state code. California out of home attorney Richard Hamlin of Hamlin|Cody says California approaches these issues differently… Count on California to approach these subjects differently. Vesting: Filing […]
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 […]
At this weeks IBO Conference, Richard Rothfelder, Chris Rothfelder and Mike Falick had an engaging discussion about aspects of billboard law focused around their new book. Here is an excerpt from that discussion as they consider some of the key legal issues facing the OOH industry. Vested Rights and Local […]
Billboard Insider summarized the case of Clear Channel Outdoor vs Karkif in its April 7th edition, which among other things raised the question of whether a permit is ordinarily required to remove billboards. And, my friend Richard Hamlin commented in the following day’s edition that the Los Angeles Municipal Code does indeed require […]
Have any of you struggled when ordering title for a billboard easement or land purchase because the title company doesn’t understand the out of home business? Tower Title can solve your problems. Billboard Insider talked with Kyle Perry, Tower Title’s CTO, to learn more about how Tower Title assists out […]
Laissez les bons temps rouler! For those of you that don’t speak Louisiana Cajun French, that means “Let the good times roll!” And, that’s exactly what Chris Cowlbeck, Sarah Davis, and the rest of the crew at IBO have in mind for the 2026 Spring IBO Conference in New Orleans […]
Yesterday Billboard Insider noted that some states and municipalities require you to get a permit to take down a billboard. Out of home legal expert Richard Rothfelder, the author of Rothfelder and Falick on Billboard Law will address this issue next week. In the meantime, California out of home attorney […]
Yesterday we asked our readers how much time they want to remove a billboard after a billboard lease terminates. 42% of our readers want their leases to say 60-90 days. 80% of our readers want their leases to say more than 30 days. An upper-midwest out of home exec […]
You can’t prevent an out of home company from removing a sign and then claim it’s yours because it hasn’t been removed. That’s the lesson of Clear Channel Outdoor vs Karkif I . Here are the facts. In 2019 Clear Channel Outdoor entered into a five year billboard lease with […]
Today Billboard Insider talked about a legal case in which a lease contained language that said a billboard had to be removed within 5 days of termination of a lease. We pointed out that this may not be enough time if there are weather or equipment rental or scheduling difficulties. […]
