Paul D. Clement is an American appellate lawyer and a founding partner of Clement & Murphy. He was U.S. solicitor general from 2005 to 2008 and argues cases before the Supreme Court.
DI has documented statements by Paul D. Clement on Consumer Protection, Media, and Privacy. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.
Role at the time: Counsel for Paramount Global at Supreme Court oral argument
Defended or excused
Statement summary
Clement argues that the surrounding statutory language limits the relevant goods and services to audiovisual materials.
“it takes its meaning from the immediate surrounding text.”
Read the original text (opens in a new tab)Salazar v. Paramount Global, official October 14 oral argument transcriptPrinted pages 3-5, Hammack opening; pages 43-45, Clement opening
Why we used this label
The reference is Paramount's narrow consumer definition. Clement defends that interpretation using the statutory context.
Paramount argues that the Video Privacy Protection Act protects a subscriber only when the subscription concerns audiovisual goods or services. Michael Salazar argues that his newsletter subscription is enough to qualify him as a consumer under the statute.
