Supreme Court Accepts Narrow Definition of Autodialer, Limiting Reach of TCPA
By EsqSocial Corporation 09/04/21
On April 1, in a highly anticipated decision that likely will have a significant effect on litigation under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the Supreme Court ruled on what qualifies as an “automatic telephone dialing system,” as that phrase is used in the TCPA. In a unanimous decision written by Justice Sotomayor, the Supreme Court decided that to qualify as an “automatic telephone dialing system”, a device must have the capacity either to store, or to produce, a telephone number...
By: King & Spalding