Jonathan focuses his practice on a wide range of legal challenges facing technology and communications companies. He regularly advises industry members on regulatory, legislative, and transactional matters. Jonathan has experience representing wireless, broadband, media, and cable industry clients in complex regulatory proceedings and investigations before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In addition, he counsels companies in a variety of industries, such as telecommunications, health care, and public utilities, on Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and robocalling/texting compliance issues.
Jonathan is also involved in the firm’s Communications Infrastructure Litigation Practice. Representing clients before federal and state courts on matters involving both wireless and wireline facilities deployment.
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 was also detailed to the FCC Office of the Enforcement Bureau Chief, where as Acting Legal Advisor, 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 served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Stephanie M. Rose of the Southern District of Iowa. In addition, he was 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 — May 2023
May 30, 2023 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin, Joshua Briones, Esteban Morales, Adam B. Korn
In this month’s Telephone and Texting Compliance News, we cover an FCC Order imposing mitigation and blocking requirements on a broader set of providers, several Commission proposals that would expand requirements to block suspected illegal traffic, an FCC Enforcement Bureau Order requiring voice service providers that are immediately downstream from One Eye LLC to block and cease accepting One Eye’s traffic by June 12, Florida legislation that will reduce the scope and reach of Florida’s Telephone Solicitation Act, and a Florida appellate court ruling limiting the scope of the TCPA.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Commission Expands Its Blocking Rules and Proposes Even More
May 30, 2023 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin
Read about an FCC Order imposing mitigation and blocking requirements on a broader set of providers and FCC proposals that would expand requirements to block suspected illegal traffic.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Enforcement Bureau Takes First-Of-Its-Kind Action Against Illegal Robocaller; Downstream Providers Must Block Traffic from One Eye LLC
May 30, 2023 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin
Read about an FCC Enforcement Bureau action against a gateway provider found to have been transmitting suspected illegal traffic that requires voice service providers immediately downstream from One Eye LLC to block and cease accepting traffic from One Eye by June 12.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News — April 2023
April 28, 2023 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin
In this month’s Telephone and Texting Compliance News, we report on a rule in an FCC Report and Order requiring mobile wireless providers to block SMS and MMS text messages purportedly from certain numbers registered on a Do-Not-Originate list and requiring carriers to designate a point of contact to receive senders’ reports of erroneous blocking issues. We also cover FTC efforts to stop illegal robocalls originating overseas from reaching Americans’ phones.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News: New Robotexing Rule to Become Effective in May and the FCC Seeks Further Comment on Additional Requirements
April 28, 2023 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin
The FCC established a new rule requiring mobile wireless providers to block SMS and MMS text messages purportedly from North American Numbering Plan numbers registered on a reasonable Do-Not-Originate (DNO) list and requiring carriers to designate a point of contact to whom senders may report erroneous blocking issues.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Federal Trade Commission Takes On Overseas Robocallers
April 28, 2023 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin
The FTC is increasing its efforts to stop illegal robocalls that originate overseas from reaching Americans’ phones. Project Point of No Entry targets Voice over Internet Protocol service providers that serve as “point of entry” or gateway providers.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Regulatory Update — Industry Traceback Group Publishes Report Showing Decrease in Illegal Calling
March 31, 2023 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin
Read about the Industry Traceback Group’s recent report on the progress the ITG, working with law enforcement, including the Commission, made against illegal robocalling in 2022.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Regulatory Update — FCC Extends STIR/SHAKEN Mandate to Intermediate Providers
March 31, 2023 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin
Read about the FCC’s Sixth Caller ID Authentication Report and Order, which added a call authentication requirement for the first (non-gateway) intermediate provider in the path of an unauthenticated SIP call, extended the Robocall Mitigation Database filing requirements, and increased the Enforcement Bureau’s tools to combat robocalling.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News — March 2023
March 31, 2023 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin
In this month’s Telephone and Texting Compliance News, we report on the FCC’s Sixth Caller ID Authentication Report and Order, which added a call authentication requirement for the first (non-gateway) intermediate provider in the path of an unauthenticated SIP call, extended Robocall Mitigation Database filing requirements, and increased the Enforcement Bureau’s tools to combat robocalling. We also cover the Industry Traceback Group’s report on its progress, working together with law enforcement, in combatting robocalling in 2022.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News — February 2023
February 28, 2023 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin, Joshua Briones, Crystal Lopez
In this month’s Telephone and Texting Compliance News, we report on the FCC’s cease-and-desist letter against repeat robocaller OneEye LLC, a bill reintroduced in the US House that would increase robocalling penalties, and Twilio’s move to block mortgage scam robocallers from accessing its platform, plus a petition to the Ninth Circuit requesting an en banc review of a case on the definition of an ATDS, Borden v. E-Financial, LLC.
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- Member, Federal Communications Bar Association
