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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.
viewpoints
Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Regulatory Update — FCC Takes Action Against Repeat Robocaller, Legislators Seek Higher Robocalling Penalties, Twilio Stops Illegal Robocallers
February 28, 2023 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin
Read about the FCC’s cease-and-desist letter against repeat robocaller OneEye LLC, a bill reintroduced in the House of Representatives that would increase robocalling penalties, and Twilio’s action to stop mortgage scam robocallers.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News — January 2023
January 31, 2023 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin, Joshua Briones, Esteban Morales
In this month’s Telephone and Texting Compliance News, we cover the FCC’s first report on STIR/SHAKEN Caller ID authentication framework technologies, its ruling clarifying robocalling consent rules and upholding call limits, and FCC Enforcement Bureau actions against companies involved in mortgage scam robocalling, plus a Third Circuit decision upholding summary judgment in favor of the defendant in a TCPA case involving a one-page fax about a free educational seminar.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Regulatory Update — Commission Submits Stir/Shaken Report to Congress, Clarifies Robocalling Consent Rules and Upholds Call Limits, Targets Mortgage Scam Robocalling
January 31, 2023 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin
Read about the FCC’s first report on STIR/SHAKEN Caller ID authentication framework technologies, its ruling clarifying robocalling consent rules and upholding call limits, and FCC Enforcement Bureau actions against companies involved in mortgage scam robocalling.
FCC Proposes Changes to Its Reporting Requirements for Customer Data Breaches
January 13, 2023 | Blog | By Angela Kung, Jonathan P. Garvin
FCC Proposes Changes to its Reporting Requirements for Customer Data Breaches
January 12, 2023 | Advisory | By Angela Kung, Jonathan P. Garvin
Telephone and Texting Compliance News — December 2022
December 29, 2022 | 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 new FCC deadlines for gateway provider obligations and enforcement actions, including removing a non-compliant provider from the robocall mitigation database, ordering providers to block a student loan scam calling campaign, and proposed fines against companies that failed to comply with the reassigned numbers database. We also review Eleventh Circuit decisions halting a TCPA appeal on the basis of standing and rejecting a professional plaintiff’s TCPA claim, plus a Ninth Circuit decision remanding a TCPA case about insurance coverage.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Regulatory Update — Commission Sets New Gateway Provider Obligation Deadlines, Continues Enforcement Action Against Illegal Robocalling
December 29, 2022 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin
Read about new FCC deadlines for gateway provider obligations and recent enforcement actions against illegal robocalling. These actions include removing a non-compliant provider from the robocall mitigation database, ordering providers to block a student loan scam calling campaign, and proposing fines for failure to comply with the reassigned numbers database.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News — November 2022
November 29, 2022 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin, Joshua Briones, Matthew Novian
Our Telephone Calling and Texting Compliance Developments newsletter covers an FCC Notice U.S.-based voice service providers of enforcement action if they continue to accept or facilitate traffic from Urth Access, LLC, the agency’s Notice of Inquiry seeking information on the non-IP technology in the nation’s phone networks, and a Ninth Circuit decision eliminating potential ambiguity concerning the definition of an automatic telephone dialing system in the TCPA.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Regulatory Update — Commission Takes More Action Against Scam Call Originators, Sets Comment Deadlines on Non-IP Call Authentication Notice of Inquiry
November 29, 2022 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin
The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau issued a so-called K4 Notice informing all U.S.-based voice service providers that continuing to accept or facilitate traffic from Urth Access, LLC may result in enforcement action being taken against them. The agency also adopted a Notice of Inquiry seeking information on the non-IP technology in the nation’s phone networks.
Monthly TCPA Digest — October 2022
October 25, 2022 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin, Joshua Briones, Esteban Morales
Our TCPA newsletter covers the FCC’s proposal to require mobile providers to block illegal text messages and apply caller ID authentication technology to text messages, Orders to start the process of removing seven voice service providers from the Robocall Mitigation Database, and a pending Fourth Circuit appeal of a federal court’s certification of a class in a TCPA case without consideration of the defendant’s Established Business Relationships with the named plaintiffs.
Involvement
- Member, Federal Communications Bar Association