September 18, 2020
A California federal judge ruled against a Berkeley, California, ordinance requiring cellphone retailers to inform consumers that cellphones may exceed Federal Communications Commission regulations for exposure to radio frequency radiation, determining the municipal law was preempted by an FCC order.
July 23, 2020
The wireless industry urged a California federal judge Thursday to find the city of Berkeley, California's wireless disclosure ordinance violates the First Amendment, saying the Federal Communications Commission supports the trade group's view that cellphone retailers need not warn customers about potential harm from radiofrequency emissions.
June 23, 2020
The Federal Communications Commission is throwing its weight behind the mobile industry's ongoing challenge to the city of Berkeley, California's wireless disclosure ordinance, saying phone retailers needn't warn customers about potential harm from radiofrequency emissions.
January 28, 2016
The city of Berkeley, California, can move forward with an ordinance requiring cellphone distributors to warn customers about radiation risks after a California federal judge agreed Wednesday that language on risks to children that prompted a block on the measure had been removed.
January 21, 2016
The city of Berkeley, California, urged a California federal judge Thursday to lift a ban on a city ordinance requiring cellphone distributors to warn customers about radiation risks, saying it's removed the language regarding risks to children that prompted the injunction.
September 22, 2015
A lawyer for the City of Berkeley, California, said Tuesday that the city will change an ordinance requiring cellphone distributors to warn customers about radiation risks after a federal judge temporarily blocked the ordinance over language about children.
June 09, 2015
Cellphone company trade group CTIA-The Wireless Association hit the city of Berkeley, California, with a federal lawsuit Monday seeking to block a new ordinance that requires a radiation warning statement with all cellphones, saying the rule is misleading and lacks a scientific basis.