Courthouse Steps Decision Teleforum: Facebook v. Duguid

14/04/2021 53 min
Courthouse Steps Decision Teleforum: Facebook v. Duguid

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Episode Synopsis

On April 1, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Facebook in Facebook v. Duguid. Writing for the unanimous court, Justice Sonia Sotomayor explained that a device must have the capacity to store or produce a telephone number using a number generator. Justice Samuel Alito filed an opinion concurring in the judgment.Telecommunications law experts Scott Delacourt and Daniel Lyons discuss the ruling and implications.Featuring: -- Scott D. Delacourt, Partner, Wiley-- Prof. Daniel Lyons, Professor of Law, Boston College School of Law-- Moderator: Danielle Thumann, Attorney Advisor, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr