Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction, meaning that
those courts have more stringent rules for plaintiffs to follow in
order to get in the door and stay there. One critical element is
the plaintiff's standing - specifically, whether the plaintiff
suffered harm resulting from the defendant's conduct. The
Eleventh Circuit (federal courts in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama)
has a more limited view on standing under the Telephone Consumer
Protection Act ("TCPA"). One recent decision from the
Southern District of Florida captures that limited take on TCPA
standing in a case captioned Hossfeld v. American Financial
Security Life Insurance Company (SD Fla.).
In Hossfeld, the Court addressed whether the plaintiff
had TCPA standing where he received calls that violated the TCPA,
but never asked the calling party to place his number on the
telemarketer's internal do-not-call list. The Court held that a
plaintiff who does not ask to be put on an internal
