A billboard insider reader had this comment on Billboard Insider’s Easements provide more protection than leases against tax foreclosure: Great article on tax foreclosures. What about bank foreclosures? Have you had any experience with this or have you spoken with other operators about this? How can we protect our […]
Billboard Insider recently brought to my attention a controversial issue involving Oakland’s ordinance designed to regulate and permit firearms, and how it may run afoul of a billboard operator’s right to free speech. The ordinance passed in 1992 states that any person “engaged in the business” of selling or advertising […]
As usual, I brought home several stories from this year’s IBO conference in Salt Lake City. From learning that all draft beer in Utah can be no more than 5% ABV. To spending Tuesday skiing with fellow IBO members, Mike Helm (Dakota), Craig Berry (Stark Capital), and Zach Hogue (Roar […]
Well, they’ve done it again! Chris C, Becky, Sarah, and the rest of the crew at IBO have organized a fun, productive, and educational conference in Salt Lake City from April 8 through 11. Chris R and I will attending this year, as Mike has some family commitments. For this […]
By Richard Rothfelder, Rothfelder & Falick The Texas Court of Appeals, Fifth District Dallas Division, issued a comprehensive and favorable opinion on rights of first refusal, holdover tenancies, waiver, and conversion in billboard leases in the case of Lamar vs LaCore on December 31, 2024. The facts of the case are […]
Billboard Insider’s article discussing the Glorycrest v. Adams Outdoor lawsuit struck home from a transactional perspective. To recap, the Michigan lawsuit led to the invalidation of Adams’s lease of property due to a prohibition on billboards found in a restrictive covenant in a nearly 100 year old right of way […]
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decided on November 22, 2024 an interesting First Amendment case involving the advertising of marijuana. Here’s the facts: The State of Mississippi passed in 2022 the “Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act,” which authorized the sale and use of marijuana for certain medicinal purposes. The Act […]
While there were few major cases decided by the US or various state Supreme Courts directly effecting the billboard industry in 2024, the year was full of cases indirectly effecting the industry. For example, the Supreme Court issued a couple of cases that seem to further the judicial and perhaps […]
Out of Home attorney Chris Rothfelder writes this in response to our article yesterday on Asset Sale Reps and Warranties. Our firm has been fortunate to represent countless clients that have bought and sold out of home assets from coast to coast, ranging from trades of single permits to the […]
By Richard Rothfelder, Rothfelder & Falick An all too familiar piece of correspondence received by our billboard clients from TxDOT or other State DOTs is the Notice of Administrative Penalties or Notice of Illegal Sign. You know the form, in which TxDOT recites vague factual allegations, which in turn supposedly […]
