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Legal
23
Dec

Telkom sues ICASA

December 23, 2020
Post updated 23 December 2020 to include ICASA’s response: •ICASA CONTINUES TO RECEIVE SUBMISSIONS OF APPLICATIONS DESPITE TELKOM’S COURT APPLICATION 23 December 2020 Pretoria – The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (“ICASA/the Authority”) received a court application on Tuesday, 22 December 2020, filed by Telkom in respect of the Invitation to Apply (“ITA”) for high...
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15
Dec

5G technology: speed, profit and liabilities.

December 15, 2020
Source: Clovers Law https://clovers.law/it/blog/2020/10/27/pomzej6aer99qib3epmgk4iqpy5i3d Auto-translated from Italian Matteo Molesti – Partner We are celebrating the undoubted positive aspects linked to the use of this amazing new technology, to be applied in many different and heterogeneous fields of application, nevertheless we know that the introduction of fifth generation mobile telephony will give rise to new scenarios...
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14
Dec

MTN/Taliban/US lawsuit updates

December 14, 2020
ItWeb: US families oppose MTN motion in Afghan terrorism lawsuit By Samuel Mungadze, Senior news, 10 Dec 2020 American families suing Africa’s biggest telco MTN have filed a fresh application opposing the mobile operator’s motion to dismiss the case. The families argue the operator “purposefully availed” itself to the US by obtaining funding and insurance guarantees...
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12
Dec

5G: the start of a new legal saga? – Sylvie Gallage-Alwis

December 12, 2020
Source: Signature Litigation: A specialist law firm handling major and complex litigation, arbitration and regulatory investigations. Law Practice London https://www.signaturelitigation.com/5g-the-start-of-a-new-legal-saga-sylvie-gallage-alwis/ Dec 04, 2020 Author: Sylvie Gallage-Alwis Partner Sylvie Gallage-Alwis discusses how 5G is giving rise to class actions due to a part of the French population’s scepticism, and in order to control its expansion. She further addresses...
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08
Dec

Understanding 5G technology from a casualty perspective

December 8, 2020
Source: https://youtalk-insurance.com/news/axa-xl/understanding-5g-technology-from-a-casualty-perspective?fbclid=I Almost as soon as companies announced the development of 5G network technology, the rumours began to swirl about the dangers of 5G networks. Articles suggested that the electromagnetic field put out by 5G technology would increase the risk of particular cancers, and in some of the more extreme claims, were charging that 5G...
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03
Dec

EMFSA Webinar 6th December 2020

December 3, 2020
Webinar with doctoral candidate and multidisciplinary researcher J.C.Lech •Research and regulatory updates •Why are some court cases not successful?Date: Sunday, December 6th, 2020Time: 3pm – 4pm (SAST)Cost: no charge Contact us at https://www.emfsa.co.za/contact/ for the link.
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29
Nov

EMFSA November 2020 Newsletter

November 29, 2020
Our November 2020 newsletter can be viewed at: https://mailchi.mp/0944fd1dd964/nov-2020 Webinar with doctoral candidate and multidisciplinary researcher J.C.Lech •Research and regulatory updates •Why are some court cases not successful?Date: Sunday, December 6th, 2020Time: 3pm – 4pm (SAST)Cost: no charge “For the Safer use of Technology”
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16
Nov

Judgment-Durban cell tower case against municipality and MTN dismissed with costs

November 16, 2020
Photo by Wesley Tingey on Unsplash Judgment: Moore and Others v Mobile Telephone Networks and Another (D9017/2018) [2020] ZAKZDHC 59 (30 October 2020)   http://www.saflii.org/za/cases/ZAKZDHC/2020/59.html
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16
Nov

Bad vibrations – persuading the courts to recognise new illnesses

November 16, 2020
Source: https://tinyurl.com/y5r3otn9 12 November 2020 Guest post by Jessica Learmond-Criqui, a partner in employment and executive immigration law at North London firm Learmond Criqui Sokel. James is a real case whose identity has been changed. Please meet James. He first started feeling unwell in 1988 when a transmitting mast five metres from his home –...
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03
Nov

Summary Judgment Ends Consumers’ iPhone Radiation Suit

November 3, 2020
Source: https://lawstreetmedia.com/tech/summary-judgment-ends-consumers-iphone-radiation-suit/ by CHRISTINA TABACCO Apple, Inc. has been granted summary judgment in a case challenging the tech giant’s flagship iPhone products’ compliance with radiofrequency (RF) radiation regulations. Last week, a San Francisco federal court held that the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) RF radiation exposure rules preempted the plaintiffs’ tort and consumer-fraud claims.  The order found that...
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