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On 6 March 2025, Italy’s Chamber of Deputies approved a draft law on Space Economics, submitted by the Prime Minister and the Ministro delle Imprese e del Made in Italy, which has now been sent to the Senate for final...more
Congress is prioritizing new legislation to authorize NASA and support commercial space activities. The proposed bills aim to maintain a vibrant commercial space sector by streamlining licensing regulations and ensuring that...more
Good Afternoon! It was a busy couple of weeks on the Moon! Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost became the second commercial spacecraft to successfully land on the Moon. It later achieved another first by successfully acquiring and...more
Good Afternoon! U.S. Chamber launches space leadership council, Crew 9 has to stay…just a little bit longer, and new executive orders spur reviews, revisions and other activity across U.S. space agencies, and Akin’s Micheal...more
Following on from the UK Government’s “Space Industrial Plan” released in March 2024, the UK Government is taking steps to overhaul its approach to regulating on-orbit servicing. The aim being to modernise the 50 year-old...more
New satellite services are in development which will permit satellites to communicate directly with unmodified end user phones. These services fall into a category of satellite services known as direct to device services, or...more
Good Afternoon! It was quite the holiday season for space: the FCC rounded out the year with a great gift, allocating additional spectrum for commercial launch and reentry vessels, and the Parker Solar Probe’s record-breaking...more
Lieutenant General Philip Garrant, who leads the US Space Force’s Space Systems Command, has reported that military satellite programs are facing disruptions due to supply chain challenges. While these issues were initially...more
Space has become central to protecting U.S. national security interests as Americans increasingly rely on space-based services to support everyday life. As a result, the U.S. government has bolstered investment in the space...more
You know who your friends are. You’ve known them for a long time, you understand one another, and, importantly, you trust each other. Well, countries have friends too. Maybe country-friends have similar foreign and...more
In a land before time (technologically speaking . . . so, like, the mid-nineties), the most basic software encryption functions were controlled under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations. The then-current...more
We may imagine that a space company begins with only a few screws and some sheet metal in a garage. But regardless of its origins, not long after that early phase, that same company is likely to have a global reach....more
The Federal Communications Commission (“Commission”) has released a series of items pertaining to its annual regulatory fee assessment and collection process, including: (1) the 2024 Regulatory Fee Notice of Proposed...more
On 9 May 2024, Skadden held the inaugural London Space Law Symposium, where six panels of Skadden representatives and industry experts discussed legal aspects of the new space economy. The event was held in the Naim Dangoor...more
Good Afternoon! This is Akin’s biweekly policy newsletter on space policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major space headlines and forthcoming space-related events and hearings...more
At the 39TH Space Symposium in Colorado Springs on April 10TH, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman announced the US Space Force’s (USSF) blueprint for integrating private-sector capabilities. This blueprint, dubbed...more
AI in 2024: Monitoring New Regulation and Staying in Compliance With Existing Laws Companies that develop or employ AI tools have to consider proposed AI-specific regulation as well as an array of existing IP, privacy,...more
We are excited to announce the next edition of Akin's Space Law, Regulation and Policy Update, our newsletter focused on global space policy. Each issue explores the emerging trends and regulations in space law and policy,...more
The dynamics of the new space race significantly increase disputes risks as space becomes more congested and the competition to get ahead intensifies. Until recently, the thought of humans reaching outer space as tourists...more
The Department of Commerce (Commerce), in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), announced that it was launching a...more
FEDERAL NEWS - The big news this week was the FDA’s report to Congress on CBD. The report did not set out a timeline for usage guidelines, citing the need for more data. Commissioner Stephen Hahn did indicate he thought...more
Let’s start out with the world of cannabusiness. MedMen CEO Adam Bierman left the company effective February 1. Shares climbed 13% on the news. Bierman is not the only person in the industry losing his job; several...more