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Whitman Legal Solutions Blog
Be Aware of Legal Issues When You “Drone” On Someone Else’s Property
Recently, I read that the 2018 World Pipe Band Finals took place in Glascow.[1] For the uninitiated, a pipe band is a musical group comprised of bagpipes and drums. Frequently,…
Editorial Team
Top 10 in Law Blogs: Judge Kavanaugh’s Hearing, #MeToo, and Drones
It was another busy week in the news, but one story stood out above the others - Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh's hearing, and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's subsequent…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
FAA’s LANNC: Last Stop, Central North U.S.
As of last week, the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) is nationwide. We wrote about the FAA’s initiation of LAANC in April, with incremental…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
“Drones are the Next Internet” Says the FAA
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) administrator, Dan Elwell, said last week, “Drones are going to do for aviation what the internet did for information,” and called on the industry to work…
Plane-ly Spoken
Perception Is Reality
On August 28th the Denver Post reported that the Denver Police Department had shelved a consumer-grade drone recently purchased for nearly $3,000 after the administration nixed the crime lab’s plan…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Close to 2,000 FAA UAS Waivers in Two Years
Last week, on the two-year anniversary of the small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) rule (or Part 107), a report was released by the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI)…
The Right Coast
The Drone Threat Is Real. The Solution Is Complex. | RealClearDefense
In August, Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro claimed he was the target of a drone-borne explosive assassination attempt. While some sources assert that the entire episode may have been staged to…
Take Stock: Federal Policy Watch
FAA Reauthorization Key to U.S. Competitiveness in UAS Industry
Despite an abbreviated August recess, the Senate must complete a long legislative to-do list before Sept. 30, when government funding and a number of authorizations — including Federal Aviation Administration…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Large UAS Fly Beyond Visual Line of Sight in North Dakota
At Grand Sky, a commercial unmanned aerial system (UAS, or drone) focused research and development park in North Dakota, large UAS have started flying beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS).…
The Right Coast
IBM slaps patent on coffee-delivering drones that can read your MIND ” The Register
IBM has filed a patent for mood-sensing coffee delivery drones, because what the world really needs is piping hot liquids flying around over everyone's noggins. via www.theregister.co.uk