A potential collision at Warsaw airport, averted by a 100m gap between a Lufthansa plane and a drone, has led to a warning that lawyers will be launching multiple PI lawsuits unless effective regulation comes in to tackle illegal use of drones. | 10yrs
Alongside the creation of a £20m R&D fund, the UK government has published a set of guidelines to cover the training requirements for test drivers, rules on safety and other issues. | 10yrs
Talks on the privacy aspects of drones will start in two weeks time, following a request received by the National Telecommunications & Information Administration from President Obama, sent by him a fortnight after a drone crashed by the White House. | 10yrs
The international drone market is forecast to grow at 22 per cent per annum to take it to $2.3b in five years - despite 'strict airspace regulations', according to a report from Markets and Markets. | 10yrs
This guide provides a practical and up-to-date overview of litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution across key international jurisdictions. | 1mo
US participants in Chinese joint ventures routinely think they are making 'easy money' because the Chinese partner often appears to have limited interest in the terms of the main contract - but they could lose out nonetheless, says an expert. | 10yrs
The UK, Sweden, France, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa are among a small number of countries setting the pace internationally on the development of commercial drones. | 10yrs
The surging robotics market - estimated to be worth $82b within 10 years in the drone sector alone - is expected to need the services of vast numbers of lawyers across numerous disciplines, according to a new title launched tomorrow. | 10yrs
The New York managing partner of Reed Smith has edited a white paper highlighting drones as a 'game changer' and discussing the 'serious legal issues' they raise as well. | 10yrs
After a two-year moratorium ended this week on the use of drones in Virginia, law enforcement are said to be still studying the laws and refining piloting skills before they start using the devices in the air. | 10yrs
Children born today may never need to get a driving licence to use a car, according to an OECD report - but they could be deprived from some potential advantages by restrictive regulation. | 10yrs
South Africa's new drone rules, which take effect today, enshrine far heavier potential prison sentences than other countries that have similar rules. | 10yrs
Building in ethical controls over robots is a main theme of a UK scheme aimed at fulfilling plans to excel in robotics as one of the country's 'eight great technologies'. | 10yrs
China is including 'numerical control tools and robotics' as one of ten industries in which it plans to become a world manufacturing power over the next decade. | 10yrs
US law firms appear to be spending more on technology - with most of them aiming to improve quality, client service and productivity, according to experts. | 10yrs
A lawyer who used to work with the poor in Canada has launched 'Canada's first 3D printing company dedicated to the courtroom' to produce visual aids - reproductions of wounds to the skull or other body parts, for instance - to explain evidence. | 10yrs
A Consumer Drone Safety Act could suffocate the development of a sector expected to deliver over 100,000 jobs in the next decade, according to specialist lawyers. | 10yrs
Rules which come in on 1 July to permit drones will help to make Africa the world's biggest commercial operator and consumer 'within the next few years', according to Adam Rosman, founder of Aerial Monitoring Solutions. | 10yrs
A professional video-maker at rock concerts had faced a sentence of up to a year in jail if found guilty in a New York state court of second-degree attempted unlawful surveillance - by filming a medical centre. | 10yrs
An association of drone operators in Australia is urging rules to be laid down to permit greater coordination between states in response to the increasingly common use of hostile drones 'at all levels of conflict around the world'. | 10yrs
Olswang is to focus its German practice through its Munich office and its TMT sector group, following the departure of 13 equity partners and their staff - mostly in corporate and finance - from Berlin. | 11yrs
