--- title: Partner Becca Wahlquist Quoted on TCPA Auto-Dialer Dilemma in Law360 date: 2020-02-19T00:00:00-05:00 author: Import Bot canonical_url: "https://www.kelleydrye.com/news/partner-becca-wahlquist-quoted-on-tcpa-auto-dialer-dilemma-in-law360" section: News --- # Partner Becca Wahlquist Quoted on TCPA Auto-Dialer Dilemma in *Law360* February 19, 2020 Partner [Becca Wahlquist ](/Our-People/Becca-J-Wahlquist)was quoted by *Law360* in ​“7th Circ. Picks Narrow ​‘Autodialer’ Reading In AT&T Text Row.” The article discusses a Seventh Circuit ruling that widened an appellate court divide over what qualifies as an ​“autodialer.” The Seventh Circuit found in *Ali Gadelhak v. AT&T Services, Incorporated* that the dialing system AT&T used to distribute survey text messages didn’t fall under the disputed statutory term. “The Supreme Court needs to take up the ATDS question and settle the circuit split, because companies are in the untenable position of facing nationwide TCPA class action lawsuits in the Ninth Circuit that could not be brought in other circuits where many of the plaintiffs and putative class members actually reside,” Becca commented*.* Read the full article [here.](https://www.law360.com/articles/1245362/7th-circ-picks-narrow-autodialer-reading-in-at-t-text-row) - Share this entry - - - - - [ View entry pdf ](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.kelleydrye.com/content/uploads/pdf-snapshots/partner-becca-wahlquist-quoted-on-tcpa-auto-dialer-dilemma-in-law360-20230614121739.pdf) ### Related Services - [Litigation](https://www.kelleydrye.com/practices/litigation) - [Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) Defense](https://www.kelleydrye.com/practices/telephone-consumer-protection-act-tcpa-defense) - [Privacy and Information Security](https://www.kelleydrye.com/practices/privacy-and-information-security) In the News [ ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-Images/Grymes_Thompson_Christie_L.webp?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=750&q=80&w=1125&s=8cdff8f3f62f20742ddf756217720753) ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-rectangles/In_the_News_Listing.svg) ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/news/christie-thompson-featured-on-abas-trust-and-trade-podcast) July 20, 2026 [ ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/news/christie-thompson-featured-on-abas-trust-and-trade-podcast) In the News [ ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-Images/Mon_Gonzalo_listing.webp?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=750&q=80&w=1125&s=e5cf250ea9912bedfdad33a60aa6fb97) ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-rectangles/In_the_News_Listing.svg) ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/news/gonzalo-mon-quoted-in-politico-on-click-to-cancel-rules) July 17, 2026 [ ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/news/gonzalo-mon-quoted-in-politico-on-click-to-cancel-rules)