Vallejos v Commissioner of Registration
Justice Johnson Lam Man-hon of the CFI had been expected to rule on the case on 29 September 2011. However, the Hong Kong Observatory raised tropical cyclone warning signal No. 8 due to the approach of Typhoon Nesat early that morning, meaning that government offices closed for the day. The next morning, the weather had returned to normal, and Lam announced his ruling that the relevant provision of the Immigration Ordinance was inconsistent with the Basic Law. Vallejos herself did not attend court that day, as she was at work.
Unmanned aerial vehicle
The new FAA UAV registration process includes requirements for:On May 19, 2017, in the case "Taylor v. Huerta", the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that the FAA's 2015 drone registration rules were in violation of the 2012 FAA Modernization and Reform Act. Under the court's holding, although commercial drone operators are required to register, recreational operators are not. On May 25, 2017, one week after the "Taylor" decision, Senator Diane Feinstein introduced S. 1272, the Drone Federalism Act of 2017, in Congress.