From: telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org   
      
   by Andrew Bluth , Amy Pierce , Danielle E. Stierna and Sherman McFarland   
      
   Sacramento, Calif. (April 2, 2021) - On April 1, 2021, the   
   U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reversed the Ninth Circuit Court of   
   Appeal's interpretation of the definition of "automatic telephone   
   dialing system" (ATDS), or autodialer, under the Telephone Consumer   
   Protection Act (TCPA). The Court held that a "necessary feature" of an   
   ATDS "is the capacity to use a random or sequential number generator   
   to either store or produce phone numbers to be called." The Court's   
   strict statutory interpretation of ATDS could prove to be a major   
   impediment to the TCPA plaintiffs' bar, which has argued the   
   definition of ATDS covers equipment that can store and dial telephone   
   numbers, or be modified to do so, even if the equipment does not use a   
   random or sequential number generator.   
      
   https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/telecoms-mobile-cable-commun   
   cations/1054730/plain-text-united-states-supreme-court-narrowly-   
   nterprets-definition-of-automatic-telephone-dialing-system-in-cl   
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