Tag: richard hamlin

Private Equity and Out of Home: Resolving Conflict

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 […]

Private Equity and Out of Home: Avoiding Conflict

Billboard Insider asked out of home attorney Richard Hamlin of Hamlin|Cody to  talk about the legal aspects of private equity.  Today Richard will discuss how to avoid conflict when your out of home company raises private equity.  On Monday he will discuss how to resolve conflict when raising private equity. […]

OUTFRONT WIns Lawsuit Against San Jose, CA

The San Jose Spotlight reported that Outfront Media won a lawsuit against the city of San Jose after contending that San Jose did not follow proper procedure when they bid out the construction of two digital billboards south of Highway 101 on San Jose Mineta International Airport property. That bid wws […]

Richard Hamlin on California Property Taxes and Billboards.

Earlier this week Texas out of home attorney Richard Rothfelder reviewed the legality of taxing billboards based on earnings.  California out of home attorney Richard Hamlin tells Billboard Insider California property taxes can’t be based on a billboard’s income. California property taxes must be based on real property. They may […]

Lessor Sells and Buyer Claims They Own the Billboard. What Are Your Options?

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 […]

10 Musts for a Billboard Easement

By Richard Hamlin and Marnie Christine Cody, Hamlin|Cody In the same way that a utility company has an easement to run cables or power lines across a private property, a company or individual can permit the construction and display of a billboard on a property. In the billboard industry, a […]

Richard Hamlin on Constructive Notice

California out of home attorney Richard Hamlin had this comment on Rothfelder on Unrecorded Leases and Constructive Notice. Early in my OOH career, I asked my client why they did not record their leases.  He said it became too much of an administrative burden to deal with requests to release […]

Additional Thoughts on Lamar vs TxDOT

We had a number of comments from yesterdays’ article, by Richard Rothfelder, on Lamar vs TxDOT including the following post from Richard Hamlin of Hamlin Cody based in California. State officials have two types of duties, ministerial and discretionary. A discretionary duty gives the official room to interpret facts and […]

Supreme Court Upholds On/Off Premise Distinction in Austin v Reagan

As anticipated, the Supreme Court issued their ruling on Reagan v Austin. Insider has initial comments below on the ruling and you can expect more as we all get a chance to research the opinion in more detail. From Richard Rothfelder, Rothfelder & Falick, LLP: In a 6 to 3 […]

What to Do When Someone Trespasses On Your Billboard Property

By Richard Hamlin and Marnie Christine Cody, Hamlin Cody Law Firm. When you own and oversee a billboard, there is no clear guarantee that trespassers will avoid your billboard property. Our billboard lawyers have litigated disputes between landowners and billboard companies involving claims of trespassers. Unfortunately, many of us have […]