Legal

Why You Need an Abatement Clause in Your OOH Lease

I received a call from a client who has billboards on a state highway in California. His concern and questions are in regard to a Cal Trans construction project that will close the entire section of freeway in front of his billboards for 6 months or longer. He wanted to […]

Outfront Media SVP Joins Duane Morris as Real Estate Law Partner

NEW YORK, ―Patrick Smith has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group in its New York office. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Smith was senior vice president, chief litigation and regulatory counsel and chief compliance officer at Outfront Media Inc. “Duane Morris continues to attract talented lateral […]

Andy Goodman on Accessory Uses and Out of Home Leases

In his last column out of home leasing and development expert Andy goodman talked about what to do when you get a condemnation letter.  Today he talks about accessory uses and out of home leases. People want to lease space on billboards for cell phone antennas, weather cameras and data […]

Rothfelder & Falick on IBO Spring Conference in Louisville

Chris Cowlbeck, Becky Smith, and the rest of the crew at IBO are once again planning a fun and educational Spring Conference in Louisville at the Hyatt Regency on April 2 through 5. There will be the usual mix of dinners and breakout sessions for networking and catching up with […]

Justin Powell on Girard, Ohio Litigation

Sometimes you have to pursue legal remedies to protect your rights when faced with a regulator which doesn’t play by the rules.  Girard, Ohio adopted an ordinance 12 years ago banning new billboards on certain parts of the city.  In other parts of the city billboards are allowed.    A […]

The Impact of Eminent Domain on Billboard Owners: Safeguarding Your Investments

By Paul Wright, CEO, SignValue In response to Andy Goodman’s insightful piece on handling condemnation letters, we thought it was important to shed light on the significant implications eminent domain can have on billboard owners and the proactive measures they can take to safeguard their investments. As a firm deeply […]

Andy Goodman on What to do When You Receive a Condemnation Letter

In his last column out of home leasing and development expert Andy Goodman talked about billboard leasing trends.  Today Andy talks about what to do when you get a condemnation letter. What do you do when you get a condemnation letter? The first thing I would do is contact my […]

Rothfelder on Political Advertising on Billboards

With Super Tuesday approaching, we at Rothfelder & Falick have received numerous questions from our corporate and individually owned billboard clients regarding political advertising on their billboards, like: What can be advertised for state and federal elections? What rules apply and how do they differ? What if the advertising is […]

Andy Goodman on Billboard Leasing Trends

Billboard Insider talked with out of home leasing and development expert Andy Goodman about trends in billboard development and leasing. You’ve been busy developing signs Yes we’ve completed a few digital signs for clients.  The most recent one was in the city of Yucaipa on the 10 Freeway for Leonard and […]

Private Equity and Out of Home: Resolving Conflict

Last Friday, out of home attorney Richard Hamlin discussed how to avoid conflict when your out of home company raises private equity.  Today he discusses how to resolve conflicts. Resolving Conflict:   Try reframing the situation.  Instead of looking at something as a conflict, consider it a disagreement.  Be curious.  What […]