Rothfelder & Falick set out to provide the industry with one source for all aspects of Billboard Law. This book does just that. There are 300 pages of summary and articles broken into seven sections including: FIRST AMENDMENT CHALLENGES AND CONTENT BASED SIGN CODES WHAT THE OPERATOR CAN DISPLAY […]
For Immediate Release – July 8, 2026 New Orleans, Louisiana – Bayou Signs Outdoor (“Bayou”) announced today the divestiture of 782 Outdoor Advertising Displays to Lamar Advertising Company (NASDAQ: LAMR). Drachman M&A Co. represented seller Bayou in the transaction. The assets include 26 digital displays in addition to hundreds of […]
At this weeks IBO Conference, Richard Rothfelder, Chris Rothfelder and Mike Falick had an engaging discussion about aspects of billboard law focused around their new book. Here is an excerpt from that discussion as they consider some of the key legal issues facing the OOH industry. Vested Rights and Local […]
Laissez les bons temps rouler! For those of you that don’t speak Louisiana Cajun French, that means “Let the good times roll!” And, that’s exactly what Chris Cowlbeck, Sarah Davis, and the rest of the crew at IBO have in mind for the 2026 Spring IBO Conference in New Orleans […]
We are one month in with Rothfelder & Falick on Billboard Law. Richard and I reflected on how the book has done to date. Richard, are you surprised by how well the book has done in its first month of sales? Ha! Well, no, since Dave and you get most […]
Billboard Insider ran a Q and A in its March 2nd edition on the new book it published and I wrote: Rothfelder and Falick on Billboard Law. As explained in that article, this book examines the unique law on billboards by compiling, organizing, and summarizing over 150 articles my law […]
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 recently received a question from a reader that I bet many of you have experienced: An ooh company installs or buys a billboard and assumes an old survey is recorded…time goes by and the state highway department widens the highway and finds the sign partially in the existing right […]
Here’s an editorial warning for the linguistically sensitive before you read this article: while containing direct quotes from the October 14, 2025 opinion of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the reader of this article will encounter several references to both the literal and euphemistic slur […]
As usual, Becky Smith, Chris Cowlbeck, Sarah Davis, and the rest of the outstanding crew at IBO have scheduled a fun and educational Fall conference. This year, we’ll be meeting at the Sheraton Ft. Worth Downtown Hotel, from October 8 through 11. The agenda is packed full of great presentations, […]
