Jonathan advises technology and communications industry companies on a wide range of regulatory, compliance, and transactional matters, including spectrum use, accessibility and consumer protection, and privacy and cybersecurity policy. He represents clients in complex regulatory proceedings before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and other federal and state regulatory bodies, such as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). Jonathan has particular expertise in Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), TRACED Act, and robocalling/texting compliance issues across many industries such as telecommunications, health care, public utilities and financial services.
Jonathan also has robust experience in the firm’s Communications Infrastructure Litigation Practice. He has represented clients before federal and state courts on matters involving both wireless and wireline facilities deployment. Jonathan has been successful in securing victories for a number of wireless carriers and tower companies in lawsuits challenging local government denials of permits under Section 332 and 253 of the Communications Act and Section 6409 of the Middle Class Taxpayer Relief and Jobs Creation Act of 2012 (“collocation by right”).
Jonathan brings FCC experience and insight to his engagements with the firm’s clients. He began his legal career in the FCC Attorney Honors Program as an Attorney-Advisor in the Enforcement Bureau’s Spectrum Enforcement Division, where he investigated and resolved rules violations and complaints.
Jonathan also served as an Acting Legal Advisor to the FCC’s Office of the Enforcement Bureau Chief, where he provided legal and procedural advice to Bureau management, guided Enforcement Bureau actions through FCC processes, and served as a liaison to the offices of the Chairman and Commissioners.
During law school, Jonathan was a judicial extern for the Honorable Stephanie M. Rose of the Southern District of Iowa. He was also a law clerk on the United States Senate’s Committee on the Judiciary and worked as a student attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.
Jonathan has been active in the firm’s pro bono practice representing juveniles in immigration matters.
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Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Regulatory Update — FCC Confirms TCPA Bars AI-Generated Voices, Adopts New Consent Revocation Rights Rules for Texts, Cuts 13 Entities from Robocall Mitigation Database
March 1, 2024 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin
Read about the FCC’s confirmation that the TCPA bars AI-generated voices, rules strengthening texting consent revocation rights, and the removal of 13 entities from the robocall mitigation database.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News — February 2024
March 1, 2024 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin, Joshua Briones, Esteban Morales
Read about the FCC’s confirmation that the TCPA bars AI-generated voices, rules strengthening texting consent revocation rightsza, and the removal of 13 entities from the robocall mitigation database, plus the Fourth Circuit’s decision in Career Counseling, Inc. v. AmeriFactors Fin. Grp., LLC, which upheld the denial of class certification in a TCPA case.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News — January 2024
February 2, 2024 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin, Joshua Briones, Esteban Morales
Read about FCC proposals involving consumer consent and the use of AI-generated voices, the FCC Enforcement Bureau’s steps toward removing voice service provider BPO Innovate from the Robocall Mitigation Database, compliance deadlines for new RMD filing obligations, deadlines associated with proposed robotexting rules, and legislation intended to provide consumers more protection against robocalls.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Regulatory Update — Commission Adopts Second Report and Order On Robotexting With Some Changes
December 27, 2023 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin
Telephone and Texting Compliance News — December 2023
December 27, 2023 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin, Joshua Briones, Esteban Morales
In this month’s Telephone and Texting Compliance News, we report on updates made by the FCC’s Report and Order on robotexting and the importance of reviewing and challenging class definitions as a TCPA defendant.
FCC Partners With States to Increase on Privacy and Data Protection Investigations, Signaling Increased Focus on Future Enforcement
December 8, 2023 | Blog | By Jonathan P. Garvin
The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) announced Thursday that in furtherance of the work of the agency’s Privacy and Data Protection Task Force, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau signed Memoranda of Understanding (“MOU”) with the Attorneys General of Connecticut, Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania to share expertise and resources and to coordinate efforts conducting privacy, data protection and cyber-security-related investigations. Read more about this noteworthy legislative step.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Regulatory Update — The FCC Contemplates Industry-Altering Changes to Securing Consent
November 30, 2023 | Article | By Russell Fox, Esteban Morales, Jonathan P. Garvin
Read about an FCC Draft Report and Order, which, if adopted, would potentially require “one-to-one consent from consumers for robotexts and robocalls, disrupting industry practices.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News — November 2023
November 30, 2023 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin, Joshua Briones, Esteban Morales
In this month’s Telephone and Texting Compliance News, we report on an FCC Draft Report and Order, which, if adopted, would potentially require “one-to-one consent,” a recent US Senate hearing titled “Protecting Americans from Robocalls,” the Deter Obnoxious, Nefarious and Outrageous Telephone (“DO NOT”) Call Act reintroduced in the Senate, the FCC’s new inquiry into the impact of artificial intelligence on robocalling, the Ninth Circuit’s decision in True Health Chiropractic, Inc. v. McKesson Corp. approving decertification of a TCPA class action involving a fax, and the Arizona federal court’s holding in Howard v. Republican Nat’l Comm.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Regulatory Update — Senate Holds Hearing on “Protecting Americans from Robocalls”; Senators Reintroduce Bill to Strengthen Robocalling Penalties; FCC Approves Inquiry into Impact of AI on Robocalling
November 30, 2023 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin
Read about a hearing titled “Protecting Americans from Robocalls” held by the US Senate Science, Commerce, and Transportation Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, the Deter Obnoxious, Nefarious and Outrageous Telephone (“DO NOT”) Call Act reintroduced in the Senate, and the FCC’s new inquiry into the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on robocalling.
Telephone and Texting Compliance: Commission to Consider Rules Limiting Access to Numbering Resources to Curb Spoofing
October 31, 2023 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin
The FCC adopted rules adding new obligations for interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol service providers that obtain numbers for their customers directly from a numbering administrator and is seeking comment on additional proposals involving direct access.
News & Press
Mintz Secures Summary Judgment for Client Horizon Tower
October 15, 2024
A team of Mintz attorneys won a motion for summary judgment for client Horizon Tower in its case against Park County, Wyoming.
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