We asked OAAA’s Mike Hershey for his perspective on the 2024 elections and what it means for our industry in 2025. Took a few weeks because of some tight races, which finalized this week and who President Elect Trump was naming for key positions. Below, Mike outlines changes in the […]
Legal
The Courts Stop FINCEN Overreach – For Now
Billboard Insider has been critical about the FINCEN Beneficial Ownership Information filing requirements which would impose complicated record keeping requirements on every US small business. The rules were supposed to have gone into effect December 31, 2024. Some good news. Out of home attorney Richard Hamlin tells Billboard Insider that […]
Rothfelder & Falick: OOH Legal Review of 2024 and Predictions for 2025
While there were few major cases decided by the US or various state Supreme Courts directly effecting the billboard industry in 2024, the year was full of cases indirectly effecting the industry. For example, the Supreme Court issued a couple of cases that seem to further the judicial and perhaps […]
Chris Rothfelder on the Importance of Reps and Warranties
Out of Home attorney Chris Rothfelder writes this in response to our article yesterday on Asset Sale Reps and Warranties. Our firm has been fortunate to represent countless clients that have bought and sold out of home assets from coast to coast, ranging from trades of single permits to the […]
Asset Sale Reps and Warranties – How Much is Enough?
When you sell out of home assets, you make reps and warranties to the buyer. There are two approaches. Full reps and warranties This is the best way to get top price for your out of home assets. Sellers will pay more if you agree to this long list of […]
Rothfelder on Constitutional Requirement for Jury Trials in Administrative Penalty Cases
By Richard Rothfelder, Rothfelder & Falick An all too familiar piece of correspondence received by our billboard clients from TxDOT or other State DOTs is the Notice of Administrative Penalties or Notice of Illegal Sign. You know the form, in which TxDOT recites vague factual allegations, which in turn supposedly […]
Got a Problem This Morning? Make Sure You Have an Attorney That Can Help
At the fall IBO Conference, Josh Feferman, owner of Primary Media, was on Billboard Insider’s panel along with his attorney Chris Rothfelder. They shared a story about a landlord dispute that took up the morning, the day of the panel. Insider was glad they returned in time to share. Josh […]
Neil Bell on Reading the Legal Tea Leaves
Neil Bell, owner of New South Outdoor, shared his thoughts on growing a business on a panel moderated by Billboard Insider at last weeks IBO Fall Conference. Neil, share with a few details about you and your business. I was 22 years old, just out of college, started with […]
Lease Disputes and a Drink That Brought Me to the Billboard Industry
Billboard Insiders’ panel at the IBO conference last week included Kerry Yoakum, General Counsel with Link Media Outdoor, where he shared his work experience and his unique perspective of the OOH industry, working from the inside of a larger regional billboard company. Kerry shared about his work background I began […]
Florida OOH Attorney Jennifer Sloane Talks Hurricanes
Today, as I drove down a Central Florida roadway, I saw evidence of proactive steps taken by Outfront in anticipation of Hurricane Milton. Outfront had cut holes in the vinyls on both sides of a board. Kudos to Outfront. Sadly, I could not say the same for boards owned […]