San Francisco delays start of cellphone law

Release Date 21 Oct, 2011 in BusinessWeek

 
   

San Francisco delays start of cellphone law

BusinessWeek - Paul Elias - 21 Oct, 2011
San Francisco's attempt to wade into the hotly debated relationship between cell-phone use and long-term health effects was delayed for at least a week Thursday -- and possibly much longer. City attorneys agreed to US District Court Judge ...

Cell phone dealers could be off hook

San Francisco Chronicle - 21 Oct, 2011
If this were a phone call, we'd be hearing annoying Kenny G music right about now. Yes, San Francisco's first-of-its-kind law requiring cell phone retailers to warn consumers about possible radiation from the devices is on hold. Under a new city law, ...

Wireless Group Aims to Block San Francisco Radiation Warning

BusinessWeek - Karen Gullo - 21 Oct, 2011
Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) -- A group representing Apple Inc., Google Inc. and Nokia Oyj asked a federal judge to block enforcement of a San Francisco law requiring wireless phone retailers to post what it called “alarmist” warnings about ...

San Francisco delays start of cellphone law

San Francisco Chronicle - Paul Elias - 21 Oct, 2011
The city of San Francisco has agreed to delay enacting a law requiring cellphone retailers to disclose the amount of radiation that the devices emit. The city's attorneys agreed Thursday to put off implementing the law until US ...

Wireless Group Seeks to Block San Francisco Phone Radiation Warning Law

Bloomberg - Karen Gullo - ‎Oct 19, 2011‎
A group representing Apple Inc., Google Inc. and Nokia Oyj will ask a federal judge today to block enforcement of a San Francisco law requiring wireless phone retailers to post what it called “alarmist” ...

Alsup Weighs SF's Cellphone Disclosure Ordinance

Law.com - Hillary Jones-Mixon - 21 Oct, 2011
That was a point US District Judge William Alsup made Thursday in an exchange with a lawyer for San Francisco who tried to fend off an injunction that would halt the city's novel cellphone "right to know" ordinance. But even as Alsup repeatedly ...

City-by-the-bay's new cellphone law

Chico News & Review - 21 Oct, 2011
San Francisco has passed a new law requiring retailers to post information warning customers about the risks of exposing themselves to radiation as a result of cellphone use. The ordinance"the first of its kind in the US"takes effect at the end of ...

Judge Delays Consumer Protection Law

Environmental Working Group - 21 Oct, 2011
San Francisco, Calif. " US District Judge William Alsup today asked the city of San Francisco to delay enactment of its lauded cell phone right-to-know ordinance until he decides whether to grant the cell phone industry's motion for an indefinite delay ...

San Francisco delays cellphone radiation stickers

KGO-TV - 21 Oct, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The City of San Francisco has agreed to delay enacting a law requiring cellphone retailers to disclouse the amount of radiation the devices emit. City Attorney Dennis Herrera agreed to put off implementing the law until a federal ...

San Francisco Delays Cell Phone Law

The Bay Citizen (blog) - Marie McIntosh - 21 Oct, 2011
San Francisco's cell phone radiation ordinance won't go into effect next Tuesday as planned, the Associated Press reported. On Thursday, the city agreed to delay enacting the law until a US district court judge rules on the cell phone industry's ...

Wireless group seeks block on SF radiation warning law

Bizjournals.com - ‎Oct 20, 2011‎
CTIA--The Wireless Association, representing companies including Apple Inc. , Google Inc. and Nokia Oyj, is asking a federal judge to block San Francisco's new law that requires retailers to post radiation warnings when selling cell phones, ...

SF cellphone radiation label debate reaches courtroom

San Francisco Examiner - Dan Schreiber - ‎Oct 19, 2011‎
Cellphone companies are suing to sue The City over the requirement that signs be posted in wireless stores to warn consumers about radiation. (Getty Images file photos; poster courtesy of the City of San Francisco) San Francisco's plan to require ...

San Francisco delays start of cellphone law

CBS MoneyWatch.com - 21 Oct, 2011
by AP | Oct 20, 2011 4:10 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO " San Francisco's attempt to wade into the hotly debated relationship between cell-phone use and long-term health effects was delayed for at least a week Thursday " and possibly much longer. ...

Judge Hears Arguments On Industry Bid To Block Cellphone Warning Law

The San Francisco Appeal - 21 Oct, 2011
by Bay City News A federal judge in San Francisco heard arguments today but deferred ruling on a bid by a cellphone industry group for a preliminary injunction blocking a city ordinance known as the "Right to Know" law. The measure would require ...

 

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