I couldn’t agree more with Insider’s takeaways from the Lamar v. Country Side Restaurant Inc case out of Wisconsin. I would add that, not only should an operator that loses a sign due to condemnation carefully read all documents and be mindful of release language, but also pay close attention […]
Billboard Insider recently came across a billboard, which includes in the display a QR code. We’ve all become familiar with the use of QR codes, whether in restaurant menus, print media, and even television commercials. You know how it works: click on the QR code with your cell phone camera, […]
By Richard Rothfelder, Rothfelder & Falick The Texas Court of Appeals, Fifth District Dallas Division, issued a comprehensive and favorable opinion on rights of first refusal, holdover tenancies, waiver, and conversion in billboard leases in the case of Lamar vs LaCore on December 31, 2024. The facts of the case are […]
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decided on November 22, 2024 an interesting First Amendment case involving the advertising of marijuana. Here’s the facts: The State of Mississippi passed in 2022 the “Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act,” which authorized the sale and use of marijuana for certain medicinal purposes. The Act […]
While there were few major cases decided by the US or various state Supreme Courts directly effecting the billboard industry in 2024, the year was full of cases indirectly effecting the industry. For example, the Supreme Court issued a couple of cases that seem to further the judicial and perhaps […]
By Richard Rothfelder, Rothfelder & Falick An all too familiar piece of correspondence received by our billboard clients from TxDOT or other State DOTs is the Notice of Administrative Penalties or Notice of Illegal Sign. You know the form, in which TxDOT recites vague factual allegations, which in turn supposedly […]
Last week, Billboard Insider reported on the required grounds to cancel an outdoor advertising contract, as demonstrated in the Arizona case of Outfront Media vs Hart & Assoc. Specifically, “notice of termination of a contract must be clear, positive and unequivocal,” according to the Court. As such, the comment from […]
A Billboard Insider reader asks: “I am carving out a billboard easement on a property which I own and want to sell. How big should the easement be. Should it just cover the base of the sign (10’ by 10’ ) or should it be larger (say 50’ by 50’) […]
As I reported in the May 7, 2024 issue of Billboard Insider (“ROTHFELDER ON THE FTC’s NON-COMPETE RULE”), the Federal Trade Commission issued an administrative rule banning non-compete agreements in employment. These non-compete clauses are regularly used in the out of home industry, and are designed to protect the business […]
The process of eminent domain or condemnation, under which the government can take private property for public use, is usually frustrating and often unfair. Whether the property owner likes it or not, the only safeguard and check on this awesome power is the constitutional obligation to pay just and adequate […]
