We’re taking tomorrow off for Thanksgiving. Billboard Insider has lots to be thankful for: To Outfront Media Real Estate rep Shelli Bergren for being Billboard Insider’s first newsletter subscriber. To Midwood Signs Ron Guercio for being Billboard Insider’s most recent and 2,520th newsletter subscriber. To OAAA President and CEO Anna […]
Lamar Advertising won again in Pittsburgh, fending off the city’s relentless attack on its iconic sign overlooking Pittsburgh from Mount Washington. Bottom line: An appeals court said Lamar can keep the sign The mayor wants to appeal to Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court or seek reconsideration The latest court ruling (August […]
Insider reported in March on a Brooklyn Daily Eagle report that two city council members had introduced a bill slapping Ballyhoo Media with a $100,000 fine for operating a 20′ by 60′ double sided digital billboard on New York waterways. Mayor de Blasio further announced that New York City had […]
By Richard Rothfelder, Rothfelder and Falick Our law firm is currently handling a billboard condemnation case, in which the recent controversy over President’s Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to fund the border wall involves the same basic legal principles. Specifically, our client is facing the usual situation where his […]
By Richard Rothfelder, Rothfelder and Falick Make sure your billboard lease renewal clauses are consistent. Sometimes one clause in a lease can seem at odds with another. That’s the lesson of Randol v Drury Southwest Signs. Here are the facts. Chester and Dorothy Gereckes signed a lease with Drury Southwest […]
Insider received several comments in response to last weeks post from a landlord criticizing first rights of refusal in billboard leases. Insider thanks everyone who responded on this topic. We may not always agree but we learn from others even when we disagree. Mike Fitzgerald, Railroad Outdoor I agree that a […]
Insider published articles stating the business reasons and legal reasons for inserting right of first refusal clauses in billboard leases. Insider received this pushback from a landlord/billboard lease holder: I find your article regarding ROFRs to be so landlord unfriendly and completely unnecessary for a billboard company to obtain. I think […]
Insider is taking the day off tomorrow for Thanksgiving. Today it’s fitting for Insider to say thanks: To Nancy Fletcher and the OAAA for words of encouragement and support and for sharing stories. To the 19,507 visitors who generated 57,819 views at Billboard Insider last month. To Outfront Media Real […]
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 […]
You can protect your billboard leases from being extinguished by a non-governmental foreclosure by recording your leases or easements. Government foreclosure for unpaid taxes is another matter. Read this risk disclosure on page 7 of the rating documents for the $505 million Adams Outdoor debt issue: “If the fee simple […]
