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 […]
Know your opposition. Here’s Scenic America’s budget for the past five fiscal years. We’ve updated the table based on Scenic America’s 2021 Form 990 for the year ended March 2021. Revenues increased 23% to $1.0 million for the year ended March 2021. Expenses increased by 20% to $967,000 for the […]
Today out of home site development expert Andy Goodman talks about walls and spectaculars. Walls and Spectacular leases There are many types of walls and spectaculars, such as painted, sticky back vinyl, vinyls attached with eyebolts and cable, projected and digital. For painted, sticky back and vinyl its important that […]
On this week’s Billboard Insider podcast OAAA EVP Government Affairs, Mike Hershey talks about 6 out of home issues to watch. Here are the highlights. Political Spending Let’s compare 2020 to 2016…we saw an almost doubling in political campaign spending in the most recent presidential election. In 2020 we had […]
Today out of home development expert Andy Goodman talks about rooftop billboards. What’s important in a rooftop lease? To clarify, rooftop leases are billboards that are connected to the roof with angle iron and are supported by loadbearing walls. The lease should specifically state that the Outdoor company needs to […]
Lots of feedback from yesterday’s article on Fidago v Clear Channel Outdoor. Several readers wrote that the relationship between epilepsy and covid is more complicated than we presented. Some medicines which control epilepsy can affect the immune system and people with epilepsy may have other neurological issues impacting immunity. Best […]
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 […]
