From: telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org   
      
   by David O. Klein   
      
   On April 1, 2021, the United States Supreme Court ("Supreme Court")   
   unanimously reversed the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in   
   Facebook Inc. v. Duguid and held that for a device to constitute an   
   "Automatic Telephone Dialing System" ("ATDS") within the meaning of   
   the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 ("TCPA"), that device   
   must have the capacity to use a random or sequential number generator   
   to either store or produce phone numbers to be called. The TCPA   
   prohibits making calls or sending text messages "(other than a call   
   made for emergency purposes or made with the prior express consent of   
   the called party) using an [ATDS] . . . to any telephone number   
   assigned to a . . . cellular telephone service."  An ATDS is defined   
   as "equipment which has the capacity - (A) to store or produce   
   telephone numbers to be called, using a random or sequential number   
   generator; and (B) to dial such numbers." Courts across the country   
   have wrestled with the TCPA's vague statutory language for   
   years. However, the Supreme Court's decision in the Facebook TCPA law   
   case now provides some much-needed clarity and, ultimately, should   
   help the defense bar in TCPA actions.   
      
   https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/dodd-frank-consumer-protecti   
   n-act/1054522/supreme-court-issues-huge-decision-in-facebook-tcp   
   -law-case?email_access=on   
      
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