Richard Hamlin and Marnie Cody of the Hamlin|Cody Law Firm gave Billboard Insider excellent feedback on Easements provide more protection than leases against tax foreclosure. California attorney Marnie Cody gives a summary analysis… California law is even more explicit than Michigan. Under CA Revenue and Taxation Code §3712(d) the tax […]
Editors note. Our article about the Los Angeles Sign Ordinance included a picture of signs along Hollywood Blvd. We apologize to anyone who read the article as suggesting that any of the signs in the picture is an illegal sign. That wasn’t our intent. We have removed the picture from […]
What’s a little known law which is about to impose more reporting requirements on your private out of home company? The answer is FINCEN’s Beneficial Ownership Information filing requirements. FINCEN is a fancy acronym which stands for the US Tresury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. Effective December 31, 2024 most private […]
The usual out of home industry legal practice is to record a memorandum of lease as opposed to the full lease in order not to disclose proprietary details to competitors or other landlords in a market. A Billboard Insider Reader asked “Is there potential for a lawsuit if a new […]
In response to Andy Goodman’s article on Abatement Clauses, we would just add that the CalTrans case is obviously not the only time (or state law to consider) when visibility issues and abatement can become an issue in billboard leases. There are several reasons to have a good abatement clause […]
I received a call from a client who has billboards on a state highway in California. His concern and questions are in regard to a Cal Trans construction project that will close the entire section of freeway in front of his billboards for 6 months or longer. He wanted to […]
Last Friday, out of home attorney Richard Hamlin discussed how to avoid conflict when your out of home company raises private equity. Today he discusses how to resolve conflicts. Resolving Conflict: Try reframing the situation. Instead of looking at something as a conflict, consider it a disagreement. Be curious. What […]
Out of home attorney Marnie Christine Cody Ware of the Hamlin | Cody Law firm makes an excellent point on the importance of doing research before you write a billboard lease. I read your Tribal Land article and my immediate thought was this. Separate from tribal land, if you intend […]
California billboard attorney Marnie Christine Cody Ware, an attorney at Hamlin|Cody sent Billboard Insider these comments on Paul Wright’s August 23, 2023 easement article. I especially liked Paul’s piece on easements…The article was particularly timely for me as just yesterday our office newsletter was circulated including a brief article that […]
A reader asks Billboard Insider “what happens when someone buys land on which your billboard sits and then claims they own the billboard and threatens to take it down?” We asked out of home attorney Richard Hamlin of Hamlin|Cody to comment. Any OOH company that is in business long enough […]
