Legal

Aldermen Oppose Legal New Haven Digital Sign

  The New Haven Register reports two New Haven aldermen are opposing a digital billboard which has been legally erected at 1057 Whalley Avenue and Emerson Street.  the 10 by 23 foot digital billboard has been erected legally by Advertex, a company owned by Alex Churilov.  Alderman Richard Furlow, D-27,  […]

Indy takes down illegal bus benches.

WTVA reports that the Indianapolis Department of Business and Neighborhood services has removed 52 bus benches with advertising following complaints and a TV report that the benches had been installed without a permit and were attracting garbage. Fairway Outdoor has a contract with Indygo for legal bus shelter advertising.  The […]

Feds Saying No to NY and AZ on Highway Signs

  Feds Take Action To . . . Penalize NY State for Signs on Right of Way; Block Privatized Rest Areas in Arizona Federal transportation authorities are withholding $14 million in highway funds to New York State as punishment for installing signs on the public right of way that do […]

Scenic America’s 2017 report

Insider read Scenic America’s 2017 report over the weekend.  Some items to note. Here’s a map showing Scenic America local affiliates and offices.  If you see a blue pin in your market you can expect flak from a Scenic affiliate when you want to do things. Scenic America’s annual budget […]

Pittsburgh Appealing Mt Washington Loss

Triblive reports that the city of Pittsburgh intends to appeal Friday’s ruling by Common Pleas Judge Joseph James reversing a Pittsburgh Zoning Board of Adjustment order for Lamar to remove a large billboard on Mt Washington.  Insider wrote about the case yesterday. Insider’s take:  Seems like Mayor Peduto is pursuing […]

Lamar Wins Mt Washington Court Case

In Pittsburgh, Lamar Advertising Company has faced a long-running battle with the city over Lamar’s large billboard that faces downtown from Mount Washington. On January 24, the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County reversed the city’s Zoning Board of Adjustment decision to order Lamar to remove the sign. Lamar’s […]

Challenge to Tennessee’s Billboard Law

The Institute for Free Speech, a non-profit advocacy group, will represent the plaintiff challenging Tennessee’s billboard law on constitutional grounds. Here’s what you need to know: Sign owner William H. Thomas sued Tennessee’s billboard-control act, prompting a federal judge in Memphis to invalidate the state’s billboard law on First Amendment […]

Regulatory Roundup January 26, 2018

Three regulatory issues to review this week. CBS Pittsburgh reports Lamar and the Pittsburg Mayor have failed to reach a compromise on the Mount Washington sign and both sides have presented their arguments in court.  Lamar contents that the sign is in accordance with city law.  The city contends the billboard […]

Transit as Free Speech Battleground; Sessions’ DOJ Joins the Fight

Kerry Yoakum, an attorney, is a vice president of the OAAA The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is taking sides in a First Amendment lawsuit challenging transit’s ability to restrict religious ads. In Washington, DC, the Catholic Church has been fighting a losing court battle, which was prompted by the regional […]

Carlsbad, NM and Artesia, NM reviewing sign regs.

The Current Argus reports that the Carlsbad, New Mexico city council has placed a 60 day moratorium on billboard permits and is reviewing the city’s sign ordinance.  The towns ordinance limits sign size, height, set back and placement but does not limit size. Nearby Artesia, New Mexico has proposed a […]