Sweden Effectively Bans Drones with Cameras

From The Verge : The Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden just ruled that camera drones qualify as surveillance cameras and require a per...

Does California Need a Law Prohibiting Drones Near Wildfires?

Ars Technica reports : Firefighters working to contain a wildfire in the San Gabriel Mountains of Southern California were temporarily thwar...

Criminal Charges Against Man Who Shot Down Drone Dismissed

So reports the Wall Street Journal Law Blog , taking note of this story from Wave 3 News  about a Kentucky man who shot down a drone that he...

Aerial Surveillance, Intrusiveness, and the Fourth Amendment

Eugene Volokh has this post at the Volokh Conspiracy highlighting the recent case of State v. Davis in the New Mexico Supreme Court. In th...

California Governor Vetoes Drone Bills; Denounces Creation of New Crimes

The Los Angeles Times has this report on California Governor Jerry Brown's veto of several bills that would criminalize flying drones o...

California Governor Vetoes Drone Trespass Bill

So reports the LA Times : Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday vetoed legislation to restrict the use of drones over private property. The legislat...

XKCD on Drone Regulation

Regular readers of this blog should know that I am interested in state and federal regulation of drones. It therefore shouldn't be a sur...

New Florida Law Restricting Private Drone Use

Florida's governor recently signed S.B. 766, a bill that expands and clarifies restrictions on drone use listed in section 934.50, Flori...

North Dakota's New Law Restricting Law Enforcement Drones

North Dakota's governor recently signed this bill  (H.B. 1328) restricting the government's use of drones, which makes North Dakota ...

Prison Security and Drone-Smuggled Contraband

Today's New York Times has this interesting article on the use of drones to smuggle contraband into prisons. It begins: During the grav...

Drones Banned Above "Game of Thrones" Set in Belfast

So reports Belfast Live : Crafty Game Of Thrones fans have been thwarted from getting any sneak behind-the-scenes peeks after a ban on drone...

FAA Increasing Enforcement Efforts Targeting Commercial Drone Use

So reports Kathleen Kirby at Weily Rein's media law blog. From the blog: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has recently stepped...

FAA Releases Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Drone Regulations

So reports the Washington Post : Thousands of businesses could receive clearance to fly drones two years from now under proposed rules that ...

FAA: Superbowl Stadium is a "No Drone Zone"

I just came across this video released by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that declares the Superbowl Stadium a "No Drone Zon...

Drone Carrying Meth Crashes Near US - Mexico Border

So reports U-T San Diego.  The article begins: A small aerial drone crashed about two miles from the U.S. border in Mexico carrying several ...

Iowa Department of Public Safety Releases Report on Drones

Iowa's Department of Public Safety recently released a report on drones. The full text of the report is available here . A bill passed b...

NTSB Rules that FAA Regulations Apply to Drones

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) ruled yesterday that the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA's) aircraft regulati...