David Anthony, a partner with Troutman Pepper, is quoted in the Law360 article, “The Biggest Privacy Developments of 2021.”

Still, the issue isn’t completely settled, as the Supreme Court’s ruling left open several questions, including whether a plaintiff may nevertheless survive the pleadings stage on the autodialer question or whether it’s enough for the device used to place the call to merely have the “capacity” to use a random and sequential number generator, according to David Anthony, a partner at Troutman Pepper.

“Courts have already begun to weigh in on these questions, and many more are sure to do so in 2022,” Anthony said.