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January 21, 2020

Airborne-Unmanned 01.21.20: Apple Lobbyist, Camcopter S-100, Autel 8K Evo II

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Apple has hired an attorney specializing in drone and aviation law to act as a lobbyist for the company in Washington, D.C. Lisa Ellman, who leads the UAS practice for the law firm Hogan Lovells, has joined the tech firm. Elllman was also a co-founder of the Commercial Drone Alliance. Her bio on the law firm website says she is "recognized as one of the world's foremost authorities on drones and the law." Neither Apple or Ellman would comment on the arrangement. Schiebel’s Camcopter S-100, supported by Three Tis Group, was deployed as a first emergency response providing critical situational information during the Kim Kim river toxic

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