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   The Acting Solicitor General submitted an amicus brief in Facebook v.   
   Duguid on September 4, urging the Supreme Court to find that telephony   
   must randomly or sequentially generate telephone numbers, then dial   
   those numbers in order to qualify as an automatic telephone dialing   
   system (ATDS) under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).   
      
   In July, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Facebook v. DuGuid to   
   decide, once and for all, whether an ATDS requires random or   
   sequential number generation. In its late 2018 Marks decision, the   
   Ninth Circuit found that storage of telephone numbers, without random   
   or sequential number generation, was enough to satisfy the first prong   
   of the TCPA's definition of an ATDS. Earlier this year, the Second   
   Circuit joined the Ninth Circuit, while the Third, Seventh, and   
   Eleventh Circuits have concluded that a system must have the capacity   
   to generate random or sequential numbers to qualify as an ATDS.   
      
   In Duguid, Facebook challenged the Ninth Circuit's definition,   
   contending that it was too broad. In defending the lawsuit, Facebook   
   argued that its equipment was not an ATDS because it stores numbers   
   only to be called "reflexively" in response to "outside stimuli," such   
   as a suspicious log-in. Facebook's equipment, it argued, does not "use   
   a random or sequential number generator," and as a result, does not   
   constitute an ATDS. According to Facebook, if the definition of ATDS   
   is not read to exclude equipment which only stores numbers for   
   "responsive" calling, all smartphones will be considered autodialers.   
   The Ninth Circuit disagreed, doubled-down on Marks, and ruled that the   
   plaintiff's claims could go forward....   
      
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