This month a former employee sued Clear Channel Outdoor after being dismissed for refusing to return to the office due to covid health concerns. The case is Fidago v Clear Channel Outdoor. Joseph Fidago was a Procurement Manager at Clear Channel’s Allentown office. Fidago had a satisfactory review in 2019 […]
By Michael Wardle, General Counsel, YESCO Outdoor Media If you’ve been in the outdoor business long enough, then there’s a good chance you have a received a letter from an attorney representing a landowner that challenges the validity of a ground lease. Such a letter may make one or more […]
Looks like a lot of Billboard Insider’s readers have some privacy work to do based on yesterday’s poll. 85% of our readers say their company has no privacy policy. Privacy hasn’t become an issue yet for our readers. Only 15% of our readers have received an opt out request from […]
A landowner can’t claim that it owns a billboard if creates barriers which prevent you from removing a billboard in a timely manner. That’s the lesson of Kwik Stop v Lamar. Here are the facts. Lamar owned a 30 by 36 static billboard on Kwik Stop property in Indiana. When […]
As readers of Billboard Insider, you’ve undoubtedly seen from the frequent notices in the publication the tremendous amount of acquisitions of out of home assets recently. In addition to asset purchase agreements and assignment of interests, these transactions often include covenants not to compete. More specifically, the purchaser of the […]
By Mike Hershey, OAAA Government Affairs Roger Kemp, the Kansas dad who used billboards to help find the man who killed his daughter two decades ago, passed away last week. Longtime friend Bob Fessler (OAAA HoF 2007) of Lamar Advertising Company in Kansas City confirmed his passing and will attend […]
A pattern of anticompetitive behavior may backfire on you. That’s the lesson of Daisy Outdoor Advertising versus Abbott Company Outdoor Advertising. Here are the facts. Daisy Outdoor erected a legal billboard on real estate property it owned in Gaffney, South Carolina. In addition to the billboard the property included a […]
By Michael Wardle, General Counsel, Yesco Outdoor Media Your attorney is your ally and advocate. Here are six tips for actions that you take to simplify the process of working with your counsel to get the best results: (1) Establish Expectations up front Neither you nor your attorney wants to […]
Age Advertising’s Andy Goodman writes for Billboard Insider on out of home leasing and development. Andy’s last column was on lease terminations and keeping your options open. Today Andy reviews three lease negotiations. Last week I worked on three separate property owner negotiations with their Lessee, the billboard company. I […]
Insider has been following a San Jose City proposal for Clear Channel Outdoor to build two new digital boards near the San Jose airport. Last week, the San Jose city council voted 9-2 to approve the digital billboards that Clear Channel will erect near the northern end of the airport, […]
