by Mark | Nov 22, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Prognosticators and pundits in Washington and far outside the Beltway are trying to read the (admittedly very skimpy) tea leaves and figure out what the unanticipated Trump victory means for [fill in the industry, country or policy area of your choice here]. I’ll...
by Mark | Oct 10, 2016 | Uncategorized |
As everybody knows, the commercial drone world is practically brand new. Nobody was born in it or grew up in it, and everyone comes to it with their own set of experiences and point of view. I compare it to the elephant being examined by blind men in the old Hindu...
by Mark | Sep 14, 2016 | Uncategorized |
I wrote a blog post recently about why drone service providers and others in the drone ecosystem need to have a comprehensive data security and privacy policy. The need to think holistically about drone data security and privacy was made even clearer by a recent...
by Mark | Aug 11, 2016 | Cases |
In a defeat for advocates of municipal broadband networks and increasing broadband competition, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit yesterday reversed a 2015 FCC order preempting anti-municipal broadband statutes in Tennessee and North Carolina. The...
by Mark | Jul 20, 2016 | Uncategorized |
This blog post was inspired by a comment on Twitter yesterday that prompted me to read the new Utah anti-drone law, S. 3003, which the governor signed into law this week. Like so much drone-related state and local legislation, the Utah law is well-intentioned but not...
by Mark | Jul 14, 2016 | Uncategorized |
The FAA’s recent announcement of Part 107, the final rule for commercial small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS or drones), has justifiably received a lot of publicity and general praise. There has been little comment on what the rule does, or rather does not do, on...
by Mark | Jul 14, 2016 | Uncategorized |
This article appeared on Law360.com on May 3, 2016 Law360, Washington (May 3, 2016, 4:37 PM ET) The First Circuit has backed a ruling against a woman who sued a call “spoofing” provider after someone allegedly used the service to harass her by phone...
by Mark | Jul 14, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Commercial UAS operators and service providers face some unusual challenges related to their acquisition, use, and sharing of data. That is why it is crucial for them to have a comprehensive, accurate and up to date privacy policy and a coherent internal policy on the...
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