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drone regulation
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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
FCC Narrows Foreign Drone Restrictions with Toy Exception
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has narrowed its foreign-produced drone restrictions by removing a specific category of “Toy Drones” and “Toy Drones that contain foreign-produced components” from the FCC Covered…
Global Policy Watch
FCC Updates Covered List to Conditionally Approve the Use of Certain Drones
By Yaron Dori, Rosie Moss
In late December 2025, the FCC updated its “Covered List” to add foreign-produced Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (“UAS”) and their critical components. In early January 2026, the FCC narrowed that action…
Plane-ly Spoken
Proposed Rules for Unmanned Aircraft: What You Need to Know Now
We would like to thank everyone who was able to join us for the live presentation of the latest Aviation Webinar Series, “Proposed Rules for Unmanned Aircraft: What You Need…
Transportation Law: Moving Forward
DOT Announces Progress on Key Drone Regulations
By Amna Arshad, Mary-Caitlin Ray, Amy Karnikian
On May 14, 2025, the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced significant advancements in drone regulations. FAA’s proposed rules related to Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations (BVLOS) and restricting UAS…
Unpredictable
Comments on Recent Cases: September 2024
By Will Newman
Image credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbecue_grill#/media/File:Grilling.jpgPart of my work involves reading court decisions to keep abreast of how judges decide the types of cases I handle. Below, I share some thoughts on recent…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Federal Court Rules Texas Drone Law Not Facially Unconstitutional
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a district court’s 2022 ruling on the constitutionality of Texas Chapter 423 law (i.e., the drone law) which restricts the…
China Justice Observer
China Issues Regulations for UAV Management
By Publisher
On 31 May 2023, the On 31 May 2023, the Chinese government released the “Interim Regulations for Managing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Flight”Chinese government released the “Interim Regulations for Managing…
Plane-ly Spoken
Recreational Drone Operators Get More Guidance from the FAA
For the past ten years, Congress has attempted to establish a framework for how model aircraft and recreations flyers of unmanned aircraft should operate in the national airspace system. Through…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Remote ID Ruling For FAA in RaceDayQuads Suit
RaceDayQuads, a racing drone retailer based in Orlando, Florida, and Tyler Brennan, a drone operator (collectively, Petitioners), filed a Petition for Review of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Remote Identification…
Plane-ly Spoken
“We Know Who You Are….” Remote Identification of Drones is Here!!
The FAA’s remote identification rules for unmanned aircraft (Remote ID) are back on track. The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has just rejected the…