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 […]
Lots of Billboard Insider readers agree with Richard Rothfelder that QR codes are a bad idea on roadside billboards… Attorney Marnie Cody says a QR code on a sign is an accident waiting to happen… I couldn’t agree more with Rothfelder’s comments this morning. A QR code on a sign […]
A Billboard Insider reader writes: We have to renew our permit fees for our existing boards every 2 years. If we do not pay the fee every couple of years then the state will revoke our right to put ads on the boards. Is this not also a tax on […]
Billboard Insider recently brought to my attention a controversial issue involving Oakland’s ordinance designed to regulate and permit firearms, and how it may run afoul of a billboard operator’s right to free speech. The ordinance passed in 1992 states that any person “engaged in the business” of selling or advertising […]
Just when I thought the often heated debate and endless negative commercials for the midterm elections were finally over, my buddy practically ruined my recent golf game by asking during our round how the Alex Jones defamation verdicts over $1 Billion can be reconciled with the dismissal of Trump’s lawsuit […]
Yesterday Insider reported that a Tennessee Appeals Court upheld a challenge to Tennessee’s out of home advertising rules. Insider talked with out of home attorney Richard Rothfelder about the opinion. Could the Supreme Court take up the case? This Supreme Court has been conservative and protective of First Amendment rights, […]
I found yesterdays article on “New York’s Billboard Barge Conflict” very interesting. And, while I don’t pretend to be an expert in maritime law or New York zoning, this conflict is right up the alley of several cases I’ve handled for the owners of traditional billboards erected originally out of […]
The Chichester School District, et al opinion from the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania reported in the January 4 edition of Billboard Insider illustrates the appraisal issues for billboards and the land on which they are situated in two different contexts, namely for ad valorem taxes vs condemnation. This Pennsylvania case […]
I attended, for about the 15th time in a row, the bi-annual OAAA Legal Seminar on November 13 and 14. This year the seminar was held at the Westin New York Times Square, and as usual, it was well attended by billboard attorneys and principals from across the country. And, […]
By now, most of us have read in Billboard Insider and other publications about the US Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in Reed vs Town of Gilbert, basically holding that regulatory distinctions based on the content of messages displayed on signs violate the First Amendment. But, what about the more fundamental […]
