Politicians have historically been heavy users of billboards in political campaigns. OAAA EVP of Government Affairs Mike Hershey reports that federal lawmakers may be able to use official office funds to buy billboards to advertise constituent services. Billboard Insider asked Mike to explain. What are official office funds? Hershey: All […]
Participants: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Lamar Advertising Co. Alliance description: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Lamar Advertising Co. have signed an alliance to provide workers in Colorado and Montana with information, guidance and access to training resources. The 1-year alliance includes an emphasis on […]
Today out of home development and leasing expert Andy Goodman talks about the importance of correctly identifying your structure’s location in a lease. How should you identify a structure’s location in a lease? This can be a problem if you have a lease for a billboard along with an address […]
WEHOville is reporting that a dispute over the billboard above the former Standard Hotel on the Sunset Strip is snagging a $120 million deal to sell the property. The former Standard Hotel is in the process of being sold and in March 2022, a deal was struck with the property’s […]
Who owns a billboard that’s blocked by trees and sits vacant for 15 years? The billboard company, as long is the lease hasn’t been terminated. That’s the lesson of OUTFRONT v Lemaster. Here are the facts. Between 1969 and 1973, a predecessor of OUTFRONT Media entered into billboard leases with […]
At the fall 2022 IBO show, Chris Rothfelder and Mike Falick talked about strategies for out of home permit disputes. We’ve asked them to expand their comments for our reader’s benefit. Lawsuits challenging permit denials are frequently thrown out on sovereign immunity grounds unless the legislature grants permission to sue. […]
Today out of home lease and development Andy Goodman talks about how to handle a landlord who won’t renew long-term. What do you do when a landlord doesn’t want to renew long term? First of all I want to find out what the landlord is thinking. What’s his reasoning behind […]
By Richard Hamlin and Marnie Christine Cody, Hamlin|Cody In the same way that a utility company has an easement to run cables or power lines across a private property, a company or individual can permit the construction and display of a billboard on a property. In the billboard industry, a […]
By Mike Falick, Partner, Rothfelder & Falick Chris Rothfelder and I are really looking forward to the IBO Fall Conference on September 21 – 23 in Charlotte, NC! Richard Rothfelder extends his regards as well – he will sadly not be joining us in Charlotte as he will be spending […]
From Jennifer Sloane, Sloane Law Office As I work on closing another purchase agreement for a client, where it was discovered in due diligence that the seller failed to pay applicable sales taxes during its ownership of the assets, I am compelled to write this article in an effort to […]
