University of Nebraska College of Law Professor Justin Hurwitz explains the out-dated regulatory framework at the center of litigation and calls for reform to address the scourge of robocalls.

Sources:

• Federal Communications Commission notice “FCC Actions on Robocalls, Telemarketing”
• The Hill article by Justin “Gus” Hurwitz “Time to hang up on a bad anti-robocall law”
• The National Law Review article by Russell H. Fox and Elana R. Safner ‘“TCPA Regulatory Update-FCC Reverses Course on Broadnet Declaratory Ruling; Begins Implementing Another Section of the TRACED Act”
• Oyez article “Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid”
• SCOTUS Blog article “Facebook Inc. v. Duguid”
• SCOTUS Blog article by Amanda Shanor “Argument analysis: Justices at odds over federal robocall ban in the face of technological change”
• SCOTUS Blog article by Amanda Shanor “Case preview: Justices again take on anti-robocall law”
• Telephone Consumer Protection Act from FCC “rules.pdf">47 U.S.C. § 227”
• U.S. Supreme Court’s website for “511.html">Facebook, Inc. v. Noah Duguid, et al”
• Wikipedia page for “Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991”