On August 26, 2016, the Texas Appeals Court for the Third District in Austin voided the two sections of the Texas Highway Beautification Act (“HBA”) addressing permits, licenses, enforcement, and regulation on the ground that the Act violated the First Amendment’s protection of Free Speech after the US Supreme Court’s […]
Most of the time the names on an outdoor advertising contract are scribbled in at the last minute. The names on the contract matter immensely when it’s time to collect. Here’s an interesting case involving Adams Outdoor.
John Dangerfield opened a restaurant called Johnny’s Suzuki in South Carolina in 2005. The restaurant was managed by a company called Johnny’s Enterprises, Inc.
John Dangerfield signed an outdoor advertising contract with Adams Outdoor on behalf of Johnny’s Suzuki.
Get billboard insurance and make sure your billboards are up to code. In April 2016 a New York Court of Appeals found that a property owner was liable for injuries a worker sustained while adding extensions to a billboard. You can read an analysis of the case in Insurance Journal. […]
Citing Reed v Gilbert the Texas Court of Appeals Third District this week voided two sections of the Texas Highway Beautification Act because they place content-based restrictions on free speech. The sections which were severed from the Texas Highway Beautification Act included: Subchapter B – Regulation of Outdoor Advertising Generally […]
Do your ad contracts require you to provide proof of performance? Make sure you you comply with proof of performance terms or you may not be able to collect. Here’s a fascinating outdoor advertising proof of performance case. Bacci Pizza Group signed an advertising contract in 2009 with the Illinois […]
Insider ran across an interesting 2003 Massachusetts law case which highlights the importance of filing your organization documents promptly. In November 1999 Carroll Advertising was issued a $1 million commercial liability insurance policy which covered 8 billboards it owned in Massachusetts. The policy had a carve out which said that […]
Sometimes zoning entities give no reason for denial of a sign permit in order to protect themselves from litigation. In an April 26, 2016 decision, a Michigan Court has ordered a zoning board to develop the factual record and reasoning behind a decision to deny a special billboard permit. You […]
Adam Webb is an expert in billboard law. If you deal with a billboard company in the southeast, chances are Adam is the company’s counsel. Adam is a managing partner at Webb, Klase & Lemond, a Georgia law firm. Adam can be reached at 770-444-0773 or Adam@WebbLLC.com. Insider asked Adam […]
