Good riddance to 2020, which will likely be remembered as the Year of Covid, along with the economic downturn, racial and social tensions, political upheaval, and other challenges sparked by the pandemic. Indeed, my first two legal predictions for the outdoor advertising industry in 2021 are also largely influenced by […]
Insider started following Adams Outdoors’ pursuit of digital permits in the Town of Mount Pleasant, SC a year ago and it popped up on our radar again over the holiday. Adams Outdoor Advertising is still fighting to put digital billboards along major roads in South Carolina's fourth-largest municipality.https://t.co/isX1WLr3S8 — The […]
By Ken Klein, EVP – Government Affairs, OAAA 1. Out of Home media was considered essential business State shutdown orders included lists of essential businesses that could/should continue to operate, such as this Executive Order from Connecticut’s Governor Ned Lamont: New York State, responding to a query from Lamar Advertising […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
