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Transportation,
Administrative/Regulatory

Oct. 8, 2015

Drone on in California, at least for now

If the Legislature had its way, California would have the greatest protection against conduct by drone operators that endangers public safety and invades personal privacy. But Gov. Jerry Brown had another idea.

Douglas E. Mirell

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Nolan Heimann LLP

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UC Davis School of Law

Doug's practice focuses on privacy, defamation, publicity rights, copyright, trademark and First Amendment litigation.

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If the Legislature had its way, California would have become the state with the greatest protection against conduct by drone operators that endangers public safety and invades personal privacy. But Gov. Jerry Brown had another idea. By vetoing all four bills to reach his desk that would have curbed abuses of this new technology, Brown appears reluctant to get ahead of the curve.

During the last legislative session, at least eight bil...

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