On January 2, 2023 the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied an Adams Outdoor challenge to the Madison, Wisconsin sign ordinance by citing the Supreme Court’s Reagan v Austin ruling. Adams had argued that Madison’s sign code was unconstitutional because it treated off-premises signs less favorably than […]
A reader asks Billboard Insider “what happens when someone buys land on which your billboard sits and then claims they own the billboard and threatens to take it down?” We asked out of home attorney Richard Hamlin of Hamlin|Cody to comment. Any OOH company that is in business long enough […]
After the 2020 Year of Covid, followed by the Insurance at the Capital and Winter Storm Uri in 2021, 2022 turned out to be a pretty good year for the billboard industry, from a business and legal standpoint. For most of the year, operators and investors enjoyed robust acquisitions of […]
Billboard Insider owns Circle City Outdoor, a small out of home company with 65 total faces including 1 digital billboard in Minnesota and Indiana. We watch ever penny but include an OAAA membership in our annual budget. Here’s why. OAAA is our insurance policy on regulatory risk. When sign codes […]
Billboard Insider published an article entitled “A Right of First Refusal Holds Up in Court” its December 14, 2022 edition. As the title suggests, the article reported on the February 24, 2022 decision by the Michigan Court of Appeals in Adams Outdoor Advertising vs Todd Tarr, which upheld the enforcement […]
Many out of home leases have a clause allowing the out of home company the right of first refusal to purchase property if it is listed for sale. Will a right of first refusal hold up in court? Yes, according to Adams Outdoor versus Todd Tarr and Shirley Buchner. Here […]
Billboard Insider published an article in its November 29, 2022 edition on Cannabis and Out of Home-November 2022, including that this issue was on the ballot of several states in last month’s elections. I wrote a May 3, 2021 Billboard Insider article on Cannabis regulations and presented on the regulation […]
In the November 2022 elections, two new states legalized recreational Marijuana for people over 21 years. Maryland voted 67% approval. Missouri voted 53% approval. Billboard Insider’s take: This will mean more advertising dollars for the out of home industry in Maryland and Missouri. Expect to see regulations on where a […]
Just when I thought the often heated debate and endless negative commercials for the midterm elections were finally over, my buddy practically ruined my recent golf game by asking during our round how the Alex Jones defamation verdicts over $1 Billion can be reconciled with the dismissal of Trump’s lawsuit […]
Today out of home development and leasing expert Andy Goodman talks about how you should describe your billboard structure in a lease. How should you describe your billboard structure in a lease? The Lease should describe all improvements being made by the Lessee on the property related to the billboard […]
