May 22, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear arguments in a proposed class action targeting Apple Inc. for the amount of radiation its iPhones emit, leaving in place a Ninth Circuit panel ruling that the California consumer protection law the consumers had brought claims under was preempted by federal law.
April 17, 2023
Apple wants the U.S. Supreme Court to stay out of a suit targeting the tech behemoth for the amount of radiation its iPhones put off, telling the justices that federal law is quite clear that the Federal Communications Commission is the one that sets radiofrequency emissions and not states or localities.
March 15, 2023
The city of Berkeley, California, has been on the losing end of its own fight regarding the line between state and federal law when it comes to regulating radiofrequency levels, and it wants the U.S. Supreme Court to step into another case to prevent the Ninth Circuit from leaning too hard toward preemption.