A .pdf copy of the Gadelhak opinion can be found here.
My last blog post (found here) provided a background of the evolving definition of “automated telephone dialing system” (ATDS) under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and described the FCC’s long-running effort to expand the scope of the term. In recent times, the FCC’s repeated attempts to classify predictive dialers as an ATDS have come under scrutiny. First, the FCC faced issues with its interpretation in the case ACA Int’l v. FCC, 885 F.3d 687, 702-703 (D.C. Circ. 2018), which called into question the ...