Tag: marnie christine cody ware

A European Billboard Idea for the US?

California out of home attorney Marnie Christine Cody Ware couldn’t help noticing some spectacular digital billboards on a recent trip to Milan.   She shares this with Billboard Insider. Here in Los Angeles, only non-digital off-site signs are allowed on temporary construction walls, and they can’t exceed 250 sf, nor 8 […]

Run a Title Report Before You Write a Billboard Lease

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 […]

Marnie Christine Cody Ware on Easements

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 […]

Out of Home Attorneys On Lease Assignability

Insider wrote this in A Billboard Lease is Not a License: Make sure your billboard leases have language which says the agreement inures to the benefit of successors and assigns.  Your billboard lease should also contain a clause permitting assignment without consent.  Some landlords will object.  Next best is language […]

LA Planning Commission Opposes Billboard Rules

By Marnie Christine Cody Ware, Attorney, Hamlin Cody Billboard Insider’s post last week (2/19), Los Angeles Considers New Billboard Rules, described proposed rules that would allow relocation and permit conversion from static to digital in “Tier 3” sign districts.  At the hearing on 2/25, the Planning Commission voted against “Tier […]