Billboard Insider recently published an article on the 2009 Nebraska Supreme Court case of Lamar Co vs City of Fremont, along with the follow up comments from California attorney Richard Hamlin. Among the several interesting legal issues in the case was Lamar’s allegation of tortious interference, which basically consisted of […]
Billboards are among the most heavily regulated land uses, by municipal, state, and federal officials, under statutory and administrative sign, building, and zoning codes. However, the threshold question in every billboard regulation is whether a given structure even legally qualifies as a “sign,” thereby subjecting it to governmental permitting […]
At the IBO Conference, Richard Rothfelder, Chris Rothfelder and Mike Falick had an engaging discussion about aspects of billboard law focused around their new book. Continuing that conversation, here are more excerpts from that discussion as they consider some of the key legal issues facing the OOH industry. Leases, Easements, and […]
At the IBO Conference, Richard Rothfelder, Chris Rothfelder and Mike Falick had an engaging discussion about aspects of billboard law focused around their new book. Continuing that conversation, here are more excerpts from that discussion as they consider some of the key legal issues facing the OOH industry. First Amendment […]
At this weeks IBO Conference, Richard Rothfelder, Chris Rothfelder and Mike Falick had an engaging discussion about aspects of billboard law focused around their new book. Here is an excerpt from that discussion as they consider some of the key legal issues facing the OOH industry. Vested Rights and Local […]
Billboard Insider summarized the case of Clear Channel Outdoor vs Karkif in its April 7th edition, which among other things raised the question of whether a permit is ordinarily required to remove billboards. And, my friend Richard Hamlin commented in the following day’s edition that the Los Angeles Municipal Code does indeed require […]
Laissez les bons temps rouler! For those of you that don’t speak Louisiana Cajun French, that means “Let the good times roll!” And, that’s exactly what Chris Cowlbeck, Sarah Davis, and the rest of the crew at IBO have in mind for the 2026 Spring IBO Conference in New Orleans […]
We are one month in with Rothfelder & Falick on Billboard Law. Richard and I reflected on how the book has done to date. Richard, are you surprised by how well the book has done in its first month of sales? Ha! Well, no, since Dave and you get most […]
Billboard Insider ran a Q and A in its March 2nd edition on the new book it published and I wrote: Rothfelder and Falick on Billboard Law. As explained in that article, this book examines the unique law on billboards by compiling, organizing, and summarizing over 150 articles my law […]
Richard, tell us about the new book we are releasing today, exclusively through Billboard Insider? OOH operators are painfully familiar with the differences of opinion on the societal benefits versus burdens of billboards, which has led to an extensive body of case, statutory, and administrative law on billboards unique to […]
