CommLaw Monitor

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

Supreme Court Defines ATDS Under The TCPA

On April 1, 2021, in a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the definition of an automatic telephone dialing system (“ATDS”) under the TCPA is limited by the plain grammar of the statute itself. The Court,…

Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument Over the TCPA’s Definition of an Autodialer

For the second time this year, the TCPA came before the Supreme Court via teleconference oral argument in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, et al, Case No. 19-511 (2020). The Supreme Court’s disposition of Facebook’s petition…

Podcast: Don’t Forget About Biometric Privacy When Instituting COVID Procedures

In this episode of Kelley Drye’s Legal Download, Special Counsel Michael Dover and Tara Marciano discuss compliance requirements of Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act ("BIPA") and how they affect companies…

Podcast: The Illinois Biometric Privacy Act - What are the Costs and Risks to Your Business?

Earlier this year, Facebook agreed to pay $550 million to settle an Illinois class action alleging that the company collected facial recognition data of users without disclosure, in violation of the state’s 2008…

Sixth Circuit Holds That Stored-Number Systems Meet the TCPA’s Definition of an Autodialer, Deepening Circuit Split to be Addressed by the Supreme Court Next Term

It has been more than two years since the D.C. Circuit found the Federal Communications Commission’s (the “FCC”) discussion of predictive dialers and other equipment alleged to be an automatic telephone dialing system…