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Seventh Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment and Adopts Narrow Interpretation of “Telephone Solicitations”

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 3/27/2025

The Seventh Circuit recently affirmed entry of summary judgment against a TCPA plaintiff and adopted the Eastern District of Wisconsin’s interpretation of the phrase “telephone solicitations.” Hulce v. Zipongo, Inc., — F. 4th...more

First Lower Court in Eleventh Circuit Follows Glasser in Granting Summary Judgment in TCPA Case

Womble Bond Dickinson on 2/27/2020

The Eleventh Circuit in Glasser v. Hilton Grand Vacations Co., LLC recently confirmed that the definition of Automatic Telephone Dialing System (ATDS) is narrow, holding that to qualify a dialer must both have the capacity to...more

Seventh Circuit Disagrees with Ninth Circuit and Joins the Third and Eleventh Circuit in Adopting a Narrow Interpretation of ATDS

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 2/25/2020

In a decision released on February 19 that relied principally on rules of grammar, the Seventh Circuit held that to be an ATDS under the TCPA, a device must be capable of storing or producing telephone numbers using a random...more

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Seventh Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment and Adopts Narrow Interpretation of “Telephone Solicitations”

First Lower Court in Eleventh Circuit Follows Glasser in Granting Summary Judgment in TCPA Case

Seventh Circuit Disagrees with Ninth Circuit and Joins the Third and Eleventh Circuit in Adopting a Narrow Interpretation of ATDS

Court in W.D. Missouri Holds an ATDS Must Have Capacity to Randomly or Sequentially Generate Numbers

Court Holds That Text-Messaging System Must Be Able to Randomly or Sequentially Generate Numbers to Qualify as an ATDS

Sixth Circuit Affirms TCPA Summary Judgment Based on Lack of Random or Sequential Number Generation

Ninth Circuit Adopts Expansive Definition of Auto-Dialer in TCPA Case

Text Messages › Summary Judgment › Statutory Interpretation

Seventh Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment and Adopts Narrow Interpretation of “Telephone Solicitations”

First Lower Court in Eleventh Circuit Follows Glasser in Granting Summary Judgment in TCPA Case

Seventh Circuit Disagrees with Ninth Circuit and Joins the Third and Eleventh Circuit in Adopting a Narrow Interpretation of ATDS

Court in W.D. Missouri Holds an ATDS Must Have Capacity to Randomly or Sequentially Generate Numbers

Court Holds That Text-Messaging System Must Be Able to Randomly or Sequentially Generate Numbers to Qualify as an ATDS

Sixth Circuit Affirms TCPA Summary Judgment Based on Lack of Random or Sequential Number Generation

Ninth Circuit Adopts Expansive Definition of Auto-Dialer in TCPA Case

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