By OAAA Kannon Shanmugam is a name you may not have heard. But don’t forget it, because you’ll probably hear it again. Shanmugam represented the OOH advertising industry in Scenic America’s lawsuit against digital billboards. On October 16, 2017, the US Supreme Court declined to take the case, ending the […]
From Richard L. Rothfelder of Rothfelder & Falick L.L.P. Supreme Court Denies Petition for Writ of Certiorari in Scenic America vs Department of Transportation On October 16, 2017, the Supreme Court of the United States denied the petition for writ of certiorari filed by Scenic America in a case watched […]
Ken Klein is EVP Government Affairs for the OAAA. Insider interviewed Klein last week about political issues impacting out of home. Digital billboards have been a huge help to public officials combatting severe weather this year. Comments? After Harvey, the FEMA representative responsible for Texas described the billboard industry’s response […]
When Insider last reported on this case, Scenic America had lost its attempt to overturn federal guidance on digital billboards on appeal and then asked the US Supreme Court to hear the case. Last week, the Supreme Court asked the government and the billboard industry – the defendants — to […]
Scenic America held its 2016 meeting in Salisbury, NC in October 2016. You can download the presentations directly from the Scenic America website. There was a legal presentation on Reed V Gilbert and a presentation on the highway beautification act by Charles Floyd. Most of the examples of ugly billboards […]
For the third time this month, a court has ruled in favor of digital billboards. The Nevada Supreme Court, on September 16, denied Scenic Nevada’s request for a rehearing, effectively ending a long-running legal battle against digital billboards in Reno. Geoff Dornan of Nevada Appeal.com explains the Reno ordinance fight: “The ordinance […]
philly.com is reporting that the federal government has taken regulatory control of billboards along the Market Street East corridor away from Philadelphia, saying the city had not been responsive to questions about enforcement. In a letter issued last month, the Federal Highway Administration ordered that the city return control of […]
It’s useful to know how the other side thinks even when you don’t agree. Scenic America posted these comments on its website after losing its challenge to Federal Digital sign guidelines this week: Fifty years after the passage of President and Lady Bird Johnson’s Highway Beautification Act, the U.S. Court […]
In a victory for digital billboards, a federal appeals court today said the government acted properly in guiding states to regulate this new product nearly a decade ago. Here are two key points from the unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District […]
