Autodialers Under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act: Will There be Certainty Soon? (Part II)

This is part two of a continuing series on the definition of an automatic telephone dialing system (“ATDS”) pursuant to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (“TCPA”). Refer to part one for a more detailed discussion of ACA Int’l v. Fed. Commc’ns Comm’n (“ACA International”), 885 F.3d 687 (D.C. Cir. 2018) and subsequent Circuit Court opinions.

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Autodialers Under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act: Will there be Certainty Soon? (Part I)

(First in a Series on the TCPA’s ATDS Definition)

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (“TCPA”) protects consumers from unwanted nuisance calls by limiting the use of an automatic telephone dialing system (“ATDS”) or prerecorded calls. Since its enactment, courts and the FCC have been battling over the definition of an ATDS.

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