Case Updates
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court holds that state and local regulation of radio-frequency emissions from cellular towers is preempted by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 because state and local regulation would frustrate Congress's objective of creating uniform wireless networks nationwide that are regulated by a federal agency
July 23, 2026
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to hold that state and municipal regulation of radio-frequency emissions from cellular towers is preempted
November 12, 2025
Jessica L. Wagner of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Douglas S. Brooks of Libby Hoopes Brookes & Mulvaney, P.C. served as outside counsel.