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...

Police Body Cameras: Not a Cure-All, But a Step in the Right Direction

The Wall Street Journal has this article  from last week on police body cameras and the Alton Sterling shooting. The Journal notes that whil...

Video and the Future of Excessive Force Law

I just learned about the shooting and death of Philando Castile by police officers during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. Buzzf...

"Robot Lawyer" Takes On Parking Tickets

The Guardian reports that Joshua Browder calls his chatbot, DoNotPay "the world's first robot lawyer." Browder's creation...

Airbnb Sues San Francisco, Alleges Violation of CDA Section 230

On June 27, 2016, Airbnb filed a complaint against the City of San Francisco in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Califo...

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...

Varriale v. State: DNA Submitted Without Express Limitation on Consent Can be Used to Investigate Other Crimes

So holds Maryland's Court of Appeals (the state's court of last resort), in Varriale v. State . The opinion can be found here . Here...