Supreme Court Debates Grammar, Syntax In Case That Will Define the Limits of TCPA Litigation
By EsqSocial Corporation 05/01/21
On December 8, 2020, the United States Supreme Court held oral argument in the case of Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, No. 19-511, concerning the circuit split over what type of equipment qualifies as an “automatic telephone dialing system” (ATDS) within the statutory definition of that term set forth in Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 47 U.S.C. § 227, et seq. Some Circuit Courts (D.C., Third, Seventh and Eleventh) follow the statutory definition and hold that equipment qualifies as an ATDS...
By: Goodwin