On March 15, 2021, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas issued an interesting First Amendment decision with potentially broad impact on the out of home industry. The case is PETA vs Hinckley, and you can access the opinion here. The case arises from the request […]
Chris Cowlbeck, General Manager of IBOUSA, and Richard Rothfelder, partner at Rothfelder & Falick, have jointly announced a program for discounted legal services for members of IBOUSA. Rothfelder is a frequent contributor to Billboard Insider and presenter at IBOUSA and OAAA conferences, and he co-authored “Billboard Insider’s Guide to Leases, […]
By Richard Rothfelder, Rothfelder & Falick LLP On November 17, 2020, the Texas Court of Appeals for the Fourteenth District in Houston, affirmed the trial court’s decision in Anthony Buzbee vs Clear Channel Outdoor and Sylvester Turner. In doing so, the appellate court agreed that both the injunctive and monetary […]
On October 27th, Amy Coney Barrett was sworn in as the third and most recent of President Trump’s nominations to the Supreme Court, joining Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch. The “new” Supreme Court is decidedly conservative, led by Chief Justice Roberts, Justices Alito and Thomas, and now, Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, and Barrett. […]
Chris Cowlbeck and his staff at IBOUSA have done it again! For the second time in this fateful year of 2020, they’ve managed to plan a fun and informative LIVE and IN PERSON Fall Conference on October 7 through 9. And, rather than in Louisville or Minneapolis, this conference is […]
Since I still haven’t taken down my Christmas tree or lights, despite my wife’s justifiable and persistent encouragement to do so, I suppose its not too late to offer my annual legal predictions for the outdoor advertising industry for 2020. I recently re-read my 3 Legal Predictions for 2019 published […]
Chris Cowlbeck and his staff at IBOUSA have once again scheduled a productive, educational, and fun conference at the beautiful Graceland Guest House in Memphis on October 2 through 4. I’ll be presenting on the “Practical Aspects of Billboard Condemnations: A Case Study under Texas Law” in the afternoon session […]
Insider reported in March on a Brooklyn Daily Eagle report that two city council members had introduced a bill slapping Ballyhoo Media with a $100,000 fine for operating a 20′ by 60′ double sided digital billboard on New York waterways. Mayor de Blasio further announced that New York City had […]
Prior to the enactment two years ago of Texas Transportation Code Section 391.038 by the 85th Legislature, there was no Texas or Federal law governing the height of signs. There is still no Federal law on sign height, but the Texas Legislature passed effective September 1, 2017 Section 391.038, which […]
By Richard Rothfelder, Rothfelder and Falick Insider published an article summarizing the 1998 Missouri Court of Appeals decision in Superior Outdoor Advertising vs Snadon, which provides some helpful guidelines for the collection of delinquent accounts. Insider has visited this important, and unfortunately common, problem confronting the outdoor advertiser previously, including […]
