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The legal system continues to recraft the potential regulatory landscape for UAS. In a rush to try to control something they likely don't understand very well, the city of Newton, MA passed a law last December that banned drone flights below 400 feet over private and public property without the consent of the land owner, and required local registration. Now, though, that law has been overturned by a federal judge in Massachusetts, thanks to the efforts of a physician and inventor living in Newton, Dr. Michael Singer, who is also an FAA certified drone pilot. The inability of the House to pass their ill-conceived ATC Privatization bill is causing ne