By Andy Goodman, Age Advertising A good billboard lease should state clearly that a billboard and all upgrades are the property of the billboard company and may be removed at any time at termination or expiration of the lease. Things become complicated, however, when you have a rooftop build or […]
Yesterday, the US Supreme Court denied requests to review either the Baltimore or Cincinnati billboard tax cases. Billboard Insider’s take: Ohio billboard companies win because an Ohio state supreme court decision to invalidate a selective billboard tax is upheld. Maryland billboard companies lose because the Maryland court of appeals (highest […]
Today out of home development expert Andy Goodman talks about how to deal with a landlord who says they own a billboard. What to do when a landlord says they own a billboard There are a few possible situations when talking to property owners who say they own or want […]
By Richard Rothfelder, Rothfelder & Falick By now, most know the facts: On April 21, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court in a 6 to 3 decision reversed the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in City of Austin vs Reagan National Advertising, which held the Austin Sign Code violative of […]
By Jennifer Sloane, Esq. Sloane Law Office Unfortunately, the Supreme Court in Austin failed to adopt the “read the sign” rule outlined by the Court of Appeals, citing that such a rule was too extreme an interpretation of the Court’s precedent. The Court found a distinction between the sign codes in […]
As anticipated, the Supreme Court issued their ruling on Reagan v Austin. Insider has initial comments below on the ruling and you can expect more as we all get a chance to research the opinion in more detail. From Richard Rothfelder, Rothfelder & Falick, LLP: In a 6 to 3 […]
by Richard Rothfelder, Partner, Rothfelder and Falick Once again, controversial national events have application to the billboard industry, in this case on billboard administrative rules. In particular, on April 18th, a Federal District Judge ruled that the mask mandate rules imposed by the U.S. Center on Disease Control (“CDC”) were […]
Many cities require you to takedown a certain number of square feet of billboard advertising in order to construct a new static billboard or in order to be able to convert a static billboard into a digital billboard. Today out of home development expert Andy Goodman talks about takedown ratios. […]
It’s standard to include non-compete language in an asset purchase. A non-compete needs to be limited as to geography and time or it might be thrown out. That’s the lesson of Wolverine Sign Works v Powers. Here are the facts. In 1926 Leo Powers sold 20 billboard faces in 6 […]
On April 13, 2022 Cathedral City, California passed a new billboard ordinance which: forbids new billboards prevents the conversion of static to digital billboards makes all existing billboards legal non-conforming uses restricts cannabis ads on billboards within 1,000 feet of day care centers, schools, parks and the city library. The […]
