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DOT issues updates to NEPA implementing procedures

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The Department of Transportation (DOT) and several DOT agencies have announced a series of updates to requirements for the agency's implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), including updates to the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Advanced Air Mobility and Vertiport Development: Effects of New Legislation in Florida

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At the Paris Air Show on June 17, 2025, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed two bills into law with the intention of ensuring Florida is a leader in aerospace, transportation and innovation. With regard to furtherance of...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Trump’s Drone Duet: Executive Orders Cracking Down on Threats While Boosting U.S. Drone Leadership

On June 6, 2025, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders aimed at significantly reshaping the future of drone policy in the United States. One focuses on protecting national airspace from malicious drone threats,...more

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FAA Extends Comment Period on Aircraft Privacy Proposals

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On May 1, 2025, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) extended the deadline for responses to its Request for Comment to Withhold Certain Aircraft Registration Information from Public Dissemination (RFC) until June 4,...more

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FAA Proposes to Increase Privacy for Private Aircraft Owners and Operators

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently announced a process by which private aircraft owners and operators may electronically request that the FAA withhold their aircraft registration information from public view....more

Husch Blackwell LLP

FAA Implements Section 803's Data Privacy Provisions

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As required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2024, codified at 49 U.S.C. § 44114(b), the FAA implemented Section 803 Data Privacy (and issued a notice describing such implementation) on...more

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NEPA Regulations Unravel

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The National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, is in the midst of a major judicial and regulatory shakeup. In the past three months, four major events have thrown the validity of NEPA regulations into doubt ...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Immediate Assessment of Aviation Safety (Trump EO Tracker)

Summary - Order an immediate return to merit-based recruitment, hiring, and promotion, elevating safety and ability as the paramount standard.  Also ordering the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Space Junk: What Goes Up, Must Come Down (Safely)

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Here in South Florida, we are used to strange stories. One example from this year: a “Florida Man” made a claim against NASA because a battery pack from the International Space Station crashed into his house on March 8, 2024....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Boeing: Accept the Omnibus Monitor Approach

I recently wrote a series of blog posts and articles on why the Department of Justice (DOJ) should think big and go big with a completely new approach to the monitorship for Boeing under its agreement to take a guilty plea....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

To the DOJ: Think Big and Go Big on the Boeing Monitorship

Perhaps the most significant blog post in the compliance arena was penned by Matt Ellis over 10 years ago when he challenged Walmart to “Go Big” on compliance. (They did.) We are now at another inflection point in compliance...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Hot Issues in 2024 for TMT Companies

2024 is shaping up to be a busy year in Washington for telecom, media and technology (TMT) companies. A number of notable topics will require public comment this year, including net neutrality, digital discrimination, data...more

Adams & Reese

“Just One More Thing”: Lt. Columbo and Operational Realities

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After lulling a suspect into a false sense of security, Peter Falk’s famous fictional detective would leave the interview, only to return moments later with the words “just one more thing,” at which point he would ask a...more

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Workplace Safety on the Airport Ramp: FAA or OSHA Jurisdiction?

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The apron of a commercial airport is a fast paced, dynamic environment that can be a challenging place to work. In the controlled chaos of an aircraft departure or arrival, injuries to ground crew can happen in the blink of...more

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Closing the Deal: Getting Cross-Border Business Aviation Transactions Done Right

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Differences in law as well as cultural differences can prolong international aircraft transactions. Assembling a good team of legal and technical professionals, as well as an aircraft broker familiar with international...more

McAfee & Taft

An introduction to aircraft registration in the US

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Many aircraft are regularly operated in multiple jurisdictions and aircraft owners have multiple choices as to where they will register their aircraft. Once the pros and cons of each registry are fully considered, owners...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

The FAA’s New Digital License Plate Requirement for Drones

The Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) has finalized a new rule that requires remote identification (remote ID) for drones, colloquially known as a digital license plate. This rule is a new Part 89 in Title 14 of the...more

Robinson+Cole Construction Law Zone

DBE Gross Receipts Cap Adjusted for Inflation

In December 2020, the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) amended the small business size limit under the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program (section 1101(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

FAA Issues Drones Rules for Safety

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued final rules for unmanned aircrafts (or drones) for remote identification and the operation of drones at night and above people....more

Fox Rothschild LLP

COVID-19 Doesn’t Open Up the National Airspace System

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In the age of COVID-19, there is a renewed interest in the principles of federalism and the limits of federal power, including the power of the Federal Aviation Administration. More and more, commentators and legislators are...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

AUVSI Comments on FAA’s Proposed Remote Identification UAS Rule

The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) released its comments on the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) proposed Remote Identification Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Rule, emphasizing the...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

A Primer on Structuring Aircraft Ownership: Avoiding Illegal Flight Department Companies

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Many aircraft purchasers fail to adequately consider how the ownership should be structured. A typical approach is to purchase the aircraft in a newly-formed limited liability company wholly-owned by an individual or an...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 2.12.2020 | Top Story: Big Tech Antitrust Update

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Big-Tech/Antitrust Update: the FTC has demanded information from Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., Facebook Inc., Microsoft Corp., and Alphabet Inc. regarding acquisitions of small firms over the past 10 years that may have been...more

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FAA Announces Recreational Drone Rules

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On May 17, 2019, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published a notice implementing the statutory exception for limited recreational operations of unmanned aircraft or drones necessitated by the 2018 FAA...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Drones: A Legal and Regulatory Update - Operations Over People and at Night Among Issues Addressed in Latest FAA Proposed Rules

The Federal Aviation Administration recently announced much-anticipated proposed changes to its rules for small unmanned aircraft systems, or drones, that weigh less than 55 pounds. ...more

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