By Ken Klein OAAA Executive Vice President, Government Affairs President-Elect Biden plans to nominate former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary, replacing Elaine Chao of President Trump’s Cabinet. Mayor Pete snapshot: He’s 38 Rhodes Scholar Navy veteran, deployed to Afghanistan in 2014 Mayor of South Bend, IN […]
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Lamar Sues City When “Welcome Signs” Skip Zoning Process
Lamar is suing a township in Pennsylvania that allowed another sign company (PTM Signs) to build “welcome signs.” Actually, Lamar claims, these signs are billboards that circumvented the zoning process (Lamar et al v. Township of Robinson). “PTM Signs were approved by the Robinson Board of Commissioners under the guise […]
Regulatory Roundup, December 15, 2020
Bench Billboard, a company which sells sign space on benches, lost a suit challenging Colerain, Ohio’s sign code which prohibits signs in the public right of way. Here are links to the court decision and Rocky Mountain Sign Law’s analysis. Richard Rothfelder discussed outdoor advertising on episode 58 of the […]
Clear Channel & Current Houston Mayor Win on Appeal
By Richard Rothfelder, Rothfelder & Falick LLP On November 17, 2020, the Texas Court of Appeals for the Fourteenth District in Houston, affirmed the trial court’s decision in Anthony Buzbee vs Clear Channel Outdoor and Sylvester Turner. In doing so, the appellate court agreed that both the injunctive and monetary […]
Free Legal Seminar on Billboard Issues
By Kerry Yoakum, OAAA OAAA sponsors a Legal Seminar every other year. Insider asked Kerry Yoakum, Vice President/Government Affairs, to tell us about the 18th OAAA Legal Seminar. What is the Legal Seminar? The substantive agenda features topics that broadly impact out of home media: the constitutional challenge to existing regulation, […]
Will the Supreme Court take up Austin’s sign code appeal?
Lots of speculation as to whether the US Supreme Court will take up an appeals court decision that the city of Austin’s ban on off-premise digital billboards violates the First Amendment. The case is Reagan and Lamar versus City of Austin. Austin has approved a legal services agreement with a […]
Trump’s Legacy for Judicial Appointments and First Amendment Sign Code Challenges
By Richard Rothfelder. Rothfelder Falick Now that we’re finally transitioning to a new presidential administration, and regardless of your politics, it’s appropriate to acknowledge one of President Trump’s most impactful actions while in office, namely his appointments to the federal judiciary. Of course, Trump has solidified the conservative majority of […]
Richard Hamlin On Marijuana Advertising On California Highways (Part 1)
Insider reported last week on a court ruling that billboards advertising marijuana will no longer be allowed along California highways. To get a better sense of what comes next, we asked Richard Hamlin of Hamlin Cody, a California based law firm, to provide his perspective. Background: When California legalized marijuana […]
San Luis Obispo County Judge Bans Marijuana Billboards Along CA Highways
A San Luis Obispo County Superior Court judge ruled on Friday that billboards advertising marijuana will no longer be allowed along California highways. Judge Ginger Garrett ruled against the California Bureau of Cannabis Control striking down a 2019 regulation it had adopted that allowed for the advertising of cannabis on […]
OAAA Legal Seminar Dec 10th
Join us for a seminar designed to update legal practitioners and advocates on the most important litigation and trends facing the OOH industry— moderated by OAAA’s legal counsels Eric Rubin and Kerry Yoakum. The OAAA’s legal talent will cover pending and future legal issues facing out of home media. […]