Law Firms Flying with Drone Practices

This month, the insurance giant AIG announced it received federal approval to use drones to survey disaster areas, police in Northern India said they would use pepper-spray drones for crowd control and the Wall Street Journal reported on a farmer who uses drones to herd sheep.

Given the vast number of drones, officially called unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), it’s no surprise that law firms are launching practice groups to help clients manage the patchwork of rules in this area, issued by the Federal Aviation Administration, European Aviation Safety Agency, United Nations and other international civil bodies.

“It’s a nascent industry that is changing extraordinarily, fast paced and already outstripping ...