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 […]
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 […]
By Chris Rothfelder, Rothfelder Falick At last week’s IBOUSA out of home mergers and acquisitions panel someone asked, “Why should independent operators hire a broker?” Without missing a beat out of home broker Max Drachman of Drachman and Co said, “Because we’ll make you more money!” So why should an […]
The Supreme Court granted on June 28, 2021 the petition for writ of certiorari in Reagan National and Lamar Outdoor vs City of Austin, so that the High Court will now entertain the merits of the First Amendment dispute over Austin’s allegedly content-based sign code and regulation of digital signs. […]
Knowing the difference between a conforming and non-conforming billboard will keep you out of trouble with regulators. Here’s a short course on conforming and non-conforming out of home advertising signs. What’s a conforming sign? A conforming out of home advertising sign is lawfully erected and in compliance with federal, state […]
Insider mentioned the pending Ohio Supreme Court tax case Wednesday and Thursday we had a good news ruling. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled against Cincinnati’s targeted billboard tax as an unconstitutional burden on free speech. A little background on the Ohio Case: Norton Outdoor Advertising and Lamar Advertising challenged Cincinnati’s […]
Clear Channel Outdoor has petitioned the US Supreme Court to hear its challenge of Baltimore’s targeted tax on billboards, which was enacted in 2013. Courts in Maryland ruled in favor of the City; Clear Channel wants the US Supreme Court to take the case (Clear Channel Outdoor v. Henry J. […]
IBO has scheduled it’s Fall Conference for September 22-24 at the Sheraton Station Square in Pittsburgh. As usual, Chris Cowlbeck and his staff at IBO have planned a fun and educational agenda, all live and in person, but with appropriate health and safety precautions. Included among the exciting evening events […]
Kentucky’s new billboard regulations are unconstitutional because they deem billboards as “noncompliant” if they were built during a multi-month period when Kentucky had “no lawful regulatory scheme,” claims a federal lawsuit filed by four out of home media companies. Kentucky’s new regulations “classify signs as ‘noncompliant’ based solely on the […]
Lots of parties have filed briefs in the Supreme Court’s review of the Austin v Reagan case. Austin wants the Supreme Court to throw out an Appeals Court ruling invalidating Austin’s sign code because it had one set of rules for on-premise digital signs and another set for off premise […]
