By Jim Poage, Formetco Safety Director On November 19, 2018, OSHA will require all fixed ladders that exceed 24 feet to have some type of fall protection. The Subpart D Standard states that ladders installed prior to this release date must have either a personal fall arrest system, a ladder […]
By Ken Klein, OAAA Executive Vice President, Government Affairs Here are election outcomes I’m watching… for impact on out of home (OOH) media. How much does the cannabis market expand? More legal marijuana means more marijuana marketing. While rules for advertising vary state by state, cannabis is creating a […]
Free speech advocates are trying to chip away at transit-ad policies banning messages that could cause trouble. Transit authorities defend ad limits as necessary restraint for safety and well-being of passengers and employees. Here is an update on litigation, showing mixed outcomes: Philadelphia A federal judge, at a hearing on […]
Clear Channel Outdoor plans to appeal an adverse court decision in Baltimore that says the city’s targeted tax on billboards does not harm free speech. Clear Channel has challenged Baltimore’s billboard tax, which is based on square footage, since it was imposed in 2013. On February 27, 2018, a Maryland […]
By Kerry Yoakum Vice President of Government Affairs, OAAA OAAA regularly features Thought Leadership Q&A from its committee members. This month, OAAA presents the Supplier Spotlight, asking about billboard fall protection: How does the new 1910 Subpart D – Walking Working Surfaces standard impact the use of fall protection? What are some […]
A side story to the now overturned Cincinnati billboard tax was the tax’s draconian enforcement provisions: The billboard tax was imposed on an “advertising host” which was defined to mean “any person who owns or controls an outdoor advertising sign, including the persons agent, affiliate, employee or other representative who […]
California already has restrictions on Marijuana advertising but they aren’t good enough for San Diego. Los Angeles Times reports that San Diego city councilman Chris Cate has proposed legislation to: Prohibit marijuana billboard ads within 1,000 feet of schools, parks, youth oriented facilities, rec centers, libraries, churches and residential care […]
By Richard Rothfelder, Rothfelder and Falick Since when can a local government pass a huge new tax and then forbid you from talking about it? That’s what Cincinnati tried to do to Lamar Advertising and Norton Outdoor. Judge Curt C Hartman would have none of it in yesterday’s ruling striking […]
CINCINNATI, OH (October 17) – Court of Common Pleas Judge Curt C. Hartman today invalidated Cincinnati’s new excise tax on billboards as a burden on speech protected by the First Amendment. “Government may not single out and direct or target a tax solely at the exercise of First Amendment rights […]
Don’t be shy about asserting your rights if a zoning or planning board doesn’t follow the rules. That’s the lesson of Borough of Castle Shannon vs Steel City Billboards. Insider talked with Steel City Billboards owner Mitchell Fowkes. What was the dispute? Steel City Billboards went to Castle Shannon Borough to […]
