Daily Compliance News: June 13, 2025. The All Boeing Edition
Scaling Sustainable Fuel for the Future | Insights with Niels Jensen
Episode 315 - Boeing Pays $51 Million for ITAR Violations
Law Firm ILN-telligence Podcast | Episode 81: Geraldine Spiteri and John Navarro, Acumum Legal & Advisory | Malta
High Crimes and Misdemeanors: Busted by the Feds: The Anatomy of a Federal Criminal Prosecution of a Drone Pilot
High Crimes and Misdemeanors: Unruly Passengers on Flights
High Crimes and Misdemeanors: Federal Criminal Aviation Cases From 2021
DOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program: What Large and Small Construction Contractors Need to Know
Meritas Capability Webinar - Restructuring Insolvent Airlines in the Americas: A Look at LATAM and Developments with AeroMexico and Avianca
WEBINAR: The ABCs of Pilot Deviations
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law. That legislation contained a wide variety of provisions as part of the administration’s tax reform agenda. One significant...more
Drones and eVTOLS EO. Promotes U.S. “development, commercialization, and export” of drones and creates eVTOL integration pilot program. Counter-UAS EO. Directs the U.S. Government to find ways to safeguard critical...more
On June 6, 2025, President Trump issued three Executive Orders (EOs) aimed at ensuring U.S. leadership in the development and deployment of drones (unmanned aviation systems (UAS)), electric vertical takeoff and landing...more
On June 6, President Donald J. Trump issued two executive orders addressing the capabilities of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS or drones). The first, titled “Unleashing American Drone Dominance,” directs agencies to...more
A recent set of aviation related Executive Orders aim to promote the commercial development of unmanned aircraft systems (“UAS”) and supersonic flight in the United States by reducing regulatory burden and providing...more
President Trump recently signed two Executive Orders aimed at advancing the integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS or drones) and promoting U.S. drone manufacturing and export. The Orders underscore the Trump...more
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that, if finalized, would represent a consequential shift in how DOT conducts enforcement actions and develops regulations and...more
The tariff policy implemented by the Trump administration in April 2025 marks a significant shift for the aviation sector by ending long-standing duty-free status in aircraft trading. As a result, U.S. manufacturers and...more
On May 9, 2025, the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced the initiation of an investigation into the effects on US national security of imports of commercial aircraft and jet engines and...more
On May 1, 2025, the Secretary of Commerce initiated a new investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232) on imports of commercial aircraft and jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft...more
On April 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Transportation (the Department or DOT) issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public comment to assist DOT in identifying existing regulatory obligations “that can be modified...more
In the early days of President Donald Trump’s second administration, a cloud of uncertainty surrounds the aviation industry as it seeks to understand what implications tariffs may have, including on the manufacture of...more
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on Feb. 12, 2025, announced a $782 million first advance under a $1.67 billion loan guarantee for the development of sustainable aviation fuel from the Loan Programs Office (LPO). This...more
In January 2017, Holland & Knight wrote about whether the first Trump Administration would sign and ratify the Protocol to Amend the Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft, known as Montreal...more
The incoming Trump Administration has strongly signaled its intent to narrow the role and scope of government regulation. Although aviation will always be subject to stringent and pervasive safety regulation, this post...more
We anticipate the federal funding tap for transportation infrastructure projects to be turned off, or at least significantly tightened, early on in the new administration....more
The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) aviation consumer protection regulations may once again face scrutiny and be rolled back under the new Trump Administration—just as they were during Trump’s first Administration. There...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a particularly pronounced effect on the aviation sector. Passenger carriers have grounded their aircraft and slashed their schedules, cargo carriers scrambled to maintain healthcare and other...more
[co-authors: Alex Monié, Policy Advisor and Gabriel Harrison, Public Policy Specialist] The annual “must-pass” defense authorization legislation contains provisions to address supply chain domestication in light of the...more
In Washington - FEMA administrator Peter Gaynor cautiously told the House Homeland Security Committee yesterday that personal protective equipment (PPE) distribution in the U.S. is “healthy” but admitted that the agency...more
In Washington - President Trump is demanding that Congress include a payroll tax cut as part of the next coronavirus stimulus package. The proposal has failed repeatedly to gain traction among both Democrats and...more
In Washington: On Friday, the House passed a $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill, “The HEROES Act” (H. R. 6800) with a vote of 208-199. The legislation included aid for local governments and additional direct payments...more
In Washington: Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary, Katie Miller, has tested positive for coronavirus. This is the second case of White House staff testing positive since yesterday. Miller is married to White House...more
When Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in September, 2017, it destroyed 90 percent of the cell sites on the island; knocking out most communication with the outside world and significantly hampering relief effort. ...more
It’s been a week or so, and we’re running out of ways to say that this is bad. But it certainly is. Your bear market stats for the day: the biggest daily drop by percentage for both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial...more