Berkeley Applauds 9th Circuit Ruling on RF Disclosure

Berkeley, California, officials cheered the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling not to rehear its April decision upholding the city’s ordinance requiring retailers to inform prospective cellphone buyers that carrying their devices in certain ways can cause exposure to RF radiation exceeding federal limits. “The city carefully crafted the ordinance to further a substantial government interest,” City Attorney Farimah Brown said. “We are very pleased with the result.” CTIA, which sued the city, said Wednesday it won’t back down from asserting First Amendment rights (see 1710110069).