The Drone Innovation Act of 2017 was introduced by Representative Jason Lewis on June 16, 2017. It was referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. This bill is similar to Senator Feinstein’s Drone Federalism Act recently introduced in that it seeks to clarify this murky area of how states and local governments can […]
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The FAA created a set of registration regulations, contrary to law, which resulted in a lawsuit from John Taylor. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the law as being illegal. Now the FAA is getting sued in a class action lawsuit. The complaint is asking the court to (1) refund the illegal $5 […]
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This is NOT John Taylor who was instrumental in having the drone registration regulations vacated in the Taylor v. Huerta case. This is Robert Taylor who is John Taylor’s brother. Just to mention, I’m NOT involved in this case. This is a class action lawsuit (of at least 836,796 members) against the FAA. Count I […]
Explore More Brief Summary of the Safeguarding America’s Skies Act: Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (MO-04) introduced the Safeguarding America’s Skies Act on 3/21/2018. Congresswoman Hartzler explained in a press release, “Title 18 also prevents federal agencies from using tailored jamming or protocol manipulation to interdict drones because it is considered intruding on a ‘protected computer.’ The National Defense Authorization […]
Explore More Brief Summary of the Lawsuit: April 2018, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) sued: Federal Aviation Aministration Drone Advisory Committee RTCA Department of Transportation in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia with counts alleging: Violation of the FACA: Failure to Open Meetings to the Public Violation of the APA: Agency Action […]
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