Legal

Baltimore Approves Sign District

The city of Baltimore has created the North Harbor Downtown Baltimore area of special sign control to promote tourism and economic development.  The district will permit up to 20,227 square feet of digital billboards at 14 locations.  Two of the 14 properties involve land owned by the City of Baltimore.  […]

Court Upholds Billboard Lease with Altered Legal Description

Is a billboard lease valid if if contains an altered legal description and is improperly acknowledged?  Yes.  That’s the lesson of Engler v Franklin Outdoor.  Here are the facts. Franklin Outdoor asked Michael Flynn if it could erect a billboard on Flynn’s property.  James Franklin and Michael Flynn. walked the […]

Facebook and the Slippery Slope to Billboards

By Richard Rothfelder, Partner, Rothfelder & Falick Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and other social media platforms have certainly been in the news a lot lately, with most of it unfavorable. And, much of the criticism of social media has been centered around its content, whether alleged censorship of messages from former […]

Defending digital billboards in Austin v Reagan

You should read the OAAA’s brief to the Supreme Court in the Austin v Reagan case.  The OAAA  brief makes the following points in response to the criticisms of digital billboards by other parties in the case: Off-premise digital billboards do not present unique safety of aesthetic concerns. Digital billboards […]

Goodman on the Difference Between Public and Private Landlords

Today out of home leasing and development expert Andy Goodman talks about public, private and shopping center landlords. The difference between a private and public landlord With a private property owner I am most successful with a 1 or 2 page lease.  When I get a lease with a private landlord […]

CA Governor Vetoes Cannabis Advertising Fix

It appears that any hopes of allowing cannabis advertising alongside California highways has come to an end with California Governor Gavin Newson vetoing AB-1302 which would have allowed marijuana ads on billboards along interstate freeways and state highways that cross state borders, except within 15 miles of another state. In […]

Sophia Holley on Lamar v Cincinnati

By Sophia R. Holley, Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL The Ohio Supreme Court recently struck down a billboard tax as unconstitutional in Lamar Advantage GP Co., LLC v. Cincinnati, Slip Opinion No. 2021-Ohio-3155. The case evaluated an excise tax placed on the installing, placing, and maintaining of outdoor advertising signs in […]

What to Do When Someone Trespasses On Your Billboard Property

By Richard Hamlin and Marnie Christine Cody, Hamlin Cody Law Firm. When you own and oversee a billboard, there is no clear guarantee that trespassers will avoid your billboard property. Our billboard lawyers have litigated disputes between landowners and billboard companies involving claims of trespassers. Unfortunately, many of us have […]

City of Austin v. Reagan Advertising – A Flurry of Briefs This Week

With the US Supreme Court scheduled to hear oral arguments November 10 in the billboard case from Austin, TX (City of Austin v. Reagan National Advertising), There was a flurry of activity this week as multiple groups filed briefs with the court. The issue: Reagan and Lamar Advertising sued Austin […]