Tag: jennifer sloane

Sloane on Asset Sales, As-Is Where-Is and Holdbacks

Yesterday’s Billboard Insider podcast guest Jennifer Sloane talked about lease mistakes.  She also explained why you should buy assets instead of stock and how to use holdbacks. Should you do a stock purchase or an asset purchase? The most common structure is an asset sale as opposed to a stock […]

Does Coronavirus Trigger Force Majeure to Excuse Lease Performance

By Jennifer Sloane I have received numerous questions from clients as to whether performance under their ground lease (i.e. payment of rent) can be excused pursuant to a force majeure clause in their lease as a result of the pandemic.   Let’s review this issue. What is a Force Majeure clause?  […]

Jennifer Sloane on Coronavirus and the OOH Industry

By Jennifer Sloane, Esq. What does the Coronavirus mean for the OOH Industry? Having been in the OOH industry long enough to see many highs and lows, it is my opinion that we can predict the impact of the coronavirus on our industry by looking at what happened after 9/11. […]

Jennifer Sloane on Preparing for Hurricanes

Out of home attorney Jennifer Sloane sent Insider this note: What a wondrous sight to see so many operators proactively preparing for Hurricane Dorian! Remember, if your sign is in the path of even Tropical Force winds, and especially if your sign is non-conforming, it is prudent to remove the […]

The San Jose Problem

By Jennifer Sloane, Esq. As an attorney for the OOH industry, I love to see comments by local governmental officials such as those pointed out in the article New Digital Signs Headed For San Jose, CA.  In that article, the city councilperson stated, in summary, that they wanted to allow […]

Comparing out of home letters of intent

By Jennifer Sloane, Esq. Yesterday we discussed four musts for an out of home advertising letter of intent.  But what happens if you receive two or more LOI’s that contain the same price.  How do you determine which is a better deal?  Over the past 20 years, I have seen […]

Four musts for an out of home advertising letter of intent

By Jennifer Sloane, Esq. You’ve worked hard for more years than you want to admit, trying to get to this very point… selling your out of home advertising assets.  You put some feelers out, had a few Confidentiality Agreements signed, sent out a basic spreadsheet of your inventory, and low […]

Sloane on empty sign regulations

Yesterday Florida out of home attorney Jennifer Sloane talked about the importance of due diligence when you are acquiring an out of home company.  Today she talks about out of home legal issues. What’s the Florida regulatory landscape like for out of home? From a state perspective, it’s quite favorable […]

Jennifer Sloane on out of home legal mistakes

Lawyer:  Jennifer Sloane Address:  Post Office Box 2890, Winter Park, Florida 32790 Phone:  407-599-7400 Email:  JSloane@Sloanelawoffice.com Last Saturday Insider featured Jennifer Sloane’s golfing hobby in Out of the Office.  Sloane has a Winter Park, Florida out of home advertising legal practice.  Today Sloane discusses common legal mistakes which out of […]