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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Clear Channel Outdoor says New Rochelle is illegally forcing it to remove billboards, threatening excessive fines and awarding its locations to a competitor in the culmination of a two-decade campaign against the advertising company. Back in 1996 the city banned billboards, but Universal Outdoor Holdings, a company that Clear Channel […]
Today’s podcast guest is Bill May, the retired executive director of the Missouri Outdoor Advertising Association. Bill tells how Missouri out of home advertising companies rallied to defeat a Scenic America anti-billboard initiative in 2000. He also gives tips for effective political action. What happened in 2000? The anti-billboard […]
Texas Highways published A Sightseeing Journey of the Billboards of Houston, 55 Years after LBJ’s Beautification Act. The author spent 4-5 hours driving Houston freeways looking at billboards. Some of the author’s conclusions: There are fewer billboards. “billboards were relatively few compared to the days of my youth…at their peak, […]
