[A note: I'm participating in a challenge to blog every day in July. With a full time job and various freelance projects (not to mention starting marathon training!) it's been a bit hard to give this space the attention I'd like. I'm hoping this new challenge will help me get in more of a routine!]

Today I want to do a little self-promotion and talk about a feature I wrote yesterday for Law360 about the issues surrounding the use of drones for commercial purposes, specifically marketing real estate. 

Drones have been in the news recently for a lot of reasons, but this week the NY Post reported that a few New York City real estate brokerages had received subpoenas from the FAA about their unmanned aircraft use.

Turns out, there's no actual regulation on small drones, but the FAA's official position is that they can't be used for commercial purposes. This poses a problem for tech-savvy real estate brokers who have been enjoying the ability to show potential renters and buyers what the view from their penthouse could look like, via camera-strapped drone. 

But changes are coming, and the attorneys I talked to seemed at least somewhat optimistic about the future of commercial unmanned flying cameras in the real estate and other businesses. 

You can check out the details here!