On May 21, a panel of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals heard argument in Steidinger v. Blackstone Medical Services on whether text messages are covered as
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Reading the Tea Leaves: Text Messages May Not Be TCPA Calls in the Seventh Circuit

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