Law Firms

LightSquared’s multi-billion dollar plan for a national 4G wireless network faced a major blow on Friday when the Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing national executive committee concluded that the network would severely interfere with GPS devices.

Based on two rounds of tests by federal agencies and separate tests by the FAA, the committee, consisting of nine federal agencies responsible for coordinating GPS issues, was unanimous in their conclusion. The committee wr...

On September 23, 2011, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) member Kevin Mossey of Marion, Iowa started a petition urging the Obama administration to nix a proposed $100-per-flight fee for use of all air traffic services in “controlled airspace.” The plan to enforce the general aviation (GA) fee was made known in a White House deficit-reduction proposal released in September 2011.

In his petition, which received 8,904 signatures, Mossey explained that the existing reve...