The regular session of the Texas Legislature, which meets for five months every two years, finally concluded at the end of May. However, several important measures, like property tax cuts, were not completed by the Legislature, so the Governor has called the law makers back for a special session. And, […]
IBO STARTER’S KIT-TEN LEGAL TIPS FROM ROTHFELDER & FALICK After the IBO Spring Conference in Houston, we at Rothfelder & Falick received countless emails and phone calls from new operators asking about legal problems they need to maneuver as they start in the outdoor advertising business. Those contacts dovetailed perfectly […]
Howdy from Houston, where the IBO Spring Conference will be held on April 18 through 21! Yes, once again, Chris Cowlbeck, Becky Smith, and the entire crew at IBO have done a great job, this time in planning a fun and informative conference at the beautiful Omni Hotel in the […]
A Billboard Insider reader asks: We installed a digital billboard. The traffic travels east and west in front of the digital billboard on a freeway. Two buildings were constructed along the freeway. The city required the building owners to plant a greenbelt of trees which will block our digital. Is there […]
My partners Chris and Mike and I are often asked about the situation where a client secures a permit to erect new sign at a conforming site, but he doesn’t build the sign or otherwise finish the work before the permit expires. Then, when the client attempts to renew the […]
After the 2020 Year of Covid, followed by the Insurance at the Capital and Winter Storm Uri in 2021, 2022 turned out to be a pretty good year for the billboard industry, from a business and legal standpoint. For most of the year, operators and investors enjoyed robust acquisitions of […]
Billboard Insider published an article entitled “A Right of First Refusal Holds Up in Court” its December 14, 2022 edition. As the title suggests, the article reported on the February 24, 2022 decision by the Michigan Court of Appeals in Adams Outdoor Advertising vs Todd Tarr, which upheld the enforcement […]
By Mike Falick, Partner, Rothfelder & Falick Chris Rothfelder and I are really looking forward to the IBO Fall Conference on September 21 – 23 in Charlotte, NC! Richard Rothfelder extends his regards as well – he will sadly not be joining us in Charlotte as he will be spending […]
The Texas Court of Appeals, for the 14th District in Houston, issued its opinion on May 12, 2022 in Lamar vs Texas Department of Transportation, holding that TxDOT has sovereign immunity against Lamar’s claims that it’s “officials interpreted the rules incorrectly when more than four years after Lamar last paid […]
by Richard Rothfelder, Partner, Rothfelder and Falick Once again, controversial national events have application to the billboard industry, in this case on billboard administrative rules. In particular, on April 18th, a Federal District Judge ruled that the mask mandate rules imposed by the U.S. Center on Disease Control (“CDC”) were […]
