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Drones
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TortsProf Blog
Drones and Tort Law
A recent Volokh Conspiracy column analyzed the applicability of various existing laws to the increasing use of drones. Discussed are: intrusion upon seclusion, publication of private facts, battery, assault, negligence,…
Media Law Prof Blog
FAA Okays Movie Industry’s Limited Use of Drones
The FAA has okayed limited use of drones in the entertainment industry by a few companies--specifically on closed sets, by licensed pilots, who keep the drones within their line of…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: Drones in Moviemaking, Ad Disclosures, Telematics
There have been a lot of people out there waiting for the FAA to do something about drones, to finally decide how companies could use them. Well, today, moviemakers got…
Global Insurance Blog
Emerging risk: Arctic exploration, drones, bitcoin and artificial intelligence
This article was first published in Global Reinsurance Magazine on 1 August 2014 and reproduced in the blog with kind permission of the publishers. The world is ever changing. Change creates…
Aviation & Airport
Recent Developments in California Drone Law
Two significant pieces of legislation proposing to limit and/or control the use of unmanned aircraft systems (“UAS” or “drone”) were passed by the California Legislature last week and now await…
PropertyProf Blog
Rule on Airspace in an Age of Drones
Troy Rule (Arizona State) has posted Airspace in the Age of Drones (Boston University Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:The growing interest in domestic drones is drawing new attention…
Land Use Prof Blog
Rule’s new article: Airspace in an Age of Drones
Troy A. Rule (Arizona) has just posted Airspace in an Age of Drones on SSRN. The article is forthcoming in the Boston University Law Review. Here is the abstract:The growing interest in domestic…
The Right Coast
How to protect celebrities from paparazzi drones – LA Times
Chau's proposal, AB 2306, would delete the reference to "visual or auditory enhancing" devices. Instead, an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit could be brought regardless of the device employed, as long as the…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: e. Coli at Petting Zoos, Government 2.0, ACA & Independent Contractors
It's a crusade Bill Marler has been fighting for years—don't petting zoos need to be a lot more careful if passing along e. coli to kids continues to be a…
Inside Privacy
The Case for Not Overregulating Drones
On the International Association of Privacy Professionals' Privacy Perspectives blog, Covington privacy associate Jeff Kosseff shares his thoughts about the potential newsgathering uses of drones, and the dangers of overregulating…