By Kerry Yoakum, Vice President of Government Affairs, OAAA Last week a Democratic Congressman from New England wanted to amend the Highway Beautification Act (HB) to prohibit vegetation control for billboard visibility. The OAAA helped block the amendment. This week the same amendment was refiled by Republicans Nancy Mace of […]
Age Advertising President Andy Goodman tells Billboard Insider that the pending sign code proposal in Los Angeles includes more digital billboards, lighting restrictions and increased penalties for violations. A proposal is in front of the city council Back in 2001 the city of LA put a billboard moratorium in place. […]
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. […]
The US Supreme Court has accepted jurisdiction over a billboard case (Austin, TX v. Reagan National Advertising et al.). On June 28, the high court granted an appeal by the City of Austin to review a legal challenge to its sign ordinance. In 2017, Reagan National Advertising challenged Austin’s sign code […]
Age Advertising President Andy Goodman has 33 years experience siting and developing billboards. Today he talks about West Hollywood’s embrace of digital billboards. 17 new digital billboard faces I really like what’s going on in West Hollywood. I worked in that market with CBS Outdoor when we did a double faced […]
I’ve had several clients contact me recently with the similar and familiar problem where municipalities or other regulatory authorities attempt to change the rules for permitting signs after the submission of the permit application. This tactic usually takes the form of the city simply trying to expedite the passage of […]
The Ohio Supreme Court heard oral arguments June 16 in the constitutional challenge to Cincinnati’s billboard tax. A decision will be issued later. Counsel for plaintiffs Norton Outdoor and Lamar argued that it’s unfair and unconstitutional for a municipality to single out a form of speech for targeted taxation that […]
The new attorneys fees discount program for IBO members seems to be working as Chris Cowlbeck and I hoped, as I’ve received several inquiries from IBO members across the country about a variety of billboard litigation and transaction issues. For example, I was recently contacted by IBO members who had […]
Age Advertising President Andy Goodman has 33 years experience siting and developing billboards. Today discusses how to make the case for your billboard. Let’s start with the City Council. What makes sense to the City Council? FBI’s most wanted amber alerts natural disaster alerts non-profit advertising and support communications with […]
Adams Outdoor Advertising won an appeals court victory in Pennsylvania, in its pursuit of a digital billboard that would be visible along Interstate 80. A three-judge panel of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania sided with Adams on May 17: Affirming the trial court Pointing out that courts in Pennsylvania, including […]
