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 […]
One of my favorite articles I write toward the end of each year (or when I’ve been unduly procrastinating around the first of the new year) for Billboard Insider is to recount the various news, developments, cases, and statutes involving billboard law from around the Country during the year. And, […]
I saw the article in today’s Billboard Insider, entitled “Ohio Bans Cannabis Billboards.” I see from the article that Ohio apparently allows the consumption of cannabis products, at least for medical purposes. However, the State has completely banned the advertising of the weed, including on billboards, as well as transit, […]
Richard Rothfelder’s Article from yesterday on the “Let’s Go Brandon” meme and lawsuit on BA vs Tri County Area Schools, brought the following question from our friend Tom Giesken. “Pardon my confusion but I’m not an attorney. So, when the case was dismissed did that mean the school had the […]
