During our presentation on “Old Men in Outdoor” at the IBO conference last week, John Weller asked for my most pessimistic and optimistic takes on the state of OOH. Somewhat ironically, I suggest that the dramatic budgetary shortfalls suffered by local governments offer both challenges and opportunities for the billboard […]
The second day of IBO Fall Conference in Phoenix proved to be just as interesting. Here are just a few quotes from the many great presentations provided to the IBO members. First is from Scaling Smartly, a panel hosted by Max Drachman, featuring Rich Zecchino and Matt Molina On Adams’ […]
They’ve done it again! Chris Cowlbeck and the rest of the crew at IBO have planned a fun and educational Fall Conference in Phoenix (actually the nearby suburb of Chandler) Arizona on October 6 through 9. While not exactly the destination for a respite from the summer heat, Phoenix is […]
Billboard Insider recently published an article on the 2009 Nebraska Supreme Court case of Lamar Co vs City of Fremont, along with the follow up comments from California attorney Richard Hamlin. Among the several interesting legal issues in the case was Lamar’s allegation of tortious interference, which basically consisted of […]
Billboards are among the most heavily regulated land uses, by municipal, state, and federal officials, under statutory and administrative sign, building, and zoning codes. However, the threshold question in every billboard regulation is whether a given structure even legally qualifies as a “sign,” thereby subjecting it to governmental permitting […]
Billboard Insider summarized the case of Clear Channel Outdoor vs Karkif in its April 7th edition, which among other things raised the question of whether a permit is ordinarily required to remove billboards. And, my friend Richard Hamlin commented in the following day’s edition that the Los Angeles Municipal Code does indeed require […]
Richard, tell us about the new book we are releasing today, exclusively through Billboard Insider? OOH operators are painfully familiar with the differences of opinion on the societal benefits versus burdens of billboards, which has led to an extensive body of case, statutory, and administrative law on billboards unique to […]
Billboard Insider ran a couple interesting articles on lease escalator clauses recently, namely those by Andy Goodman on January 28, 2026 and by Carl Hutchinson on February 17, 2026. Andy and Carl agreed that these types of provisions, while seemingly non-adversarial and business-like, can quickly get out of control and […]
I read the interesting article appearing in the January 20, 2026 edition of Billboard Insider on A Way to Collect Old Out of Home Receivables.My law firm handles collections of all types, including for our billboard company clients. I wrote about our collection strategies in a couple articles Billboard insider […]
Billboard Insider received a comment on Andy Goodman’s December 23, 2025 article entitled Not All Billboard Locations Are Created Equal, namely: Had a question on this comment in Andy’s article—How is this possible? Meaning, how can a city entity opt to give exclusive rights to one company without other companies […]
