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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Monthly TCPA Digest — June 2022
June 29, 2022 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin, Matthew Novian
Our TCPA newsletter covers an FCC Public Notice reminding non-facilities-based small voice providers with 100,000 or fewer voice lines of the June 30 deadline for implementing STIR/SHAKEN caller ID technology, plus Oklahoma and other state legislation to restrict telephonic sales calls in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s Facebook decision limiting the application of the TCPA.
TCPA Regulatory Update — FCC Reminds Small Providers of STIR/SHAKEN Deadline
June 29, 2022 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin
The FCC issued a Public Notice reminding non-facilities-based small voice providers with 100,000 or fewer voice lines of the June 30 deadline for implementing STIR/SHAKEN caller ID technology and a related deadline for updating the Robocall Mitigation Database.
TCPA Regulatory Update — Commission Adopts New Rules for “Gateway Providers”
May 31, 2022 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin
The FCC adopted new obligations for certain U.S.-based voice service providers that accept foreign-originated calls with U.S. numbers before transmitting the calls to another U.S.-based provider and proposed FCC rule changes to combat robocalling.
Monthly TCPA Digest — May 2022
May 31, 2022 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin
Our TCPA digest discusses the FCC’s adoption of new obligations for certain U.S.-based voice service providers that accept foreign-originated calls with U.S. numbers before transmitting the calls to another U.S.-based provider and proposed FCC rule changes to combat robocalling.
TCPA Regulatory Update — FCC Partners with More States, Sends More Cease & Desist Letters, Clarifies Safe Harbors, and Responds to Congressional Queries
April 25, 2022 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin
The FCC expands its robocalling investigation partnerships, sends cease-and-desist letters to additional companies, issues clarifications regarding the RND, and discusses its efforts to combat scam calls.
Monthly TCPA Digest — April 2022
April 25, 2022 | Article | By Russell Fox, Joshua Briones, Jonathan P. Garvin, Crystal Lopez
Our TCPA newsletter discusses the FCC’s growing partnerships with states to combat robocalls, the latest cease-and-desist letters, FCC clarifications regarding the RND, and the Eighth Circuit’s ruling in Beal v. Outfield Brew House.
TCPA Regulatory Update — FCC Announces New State-Federal Partnerships to Combat Robocalls
March 21, 2022 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin
Read about the FCC’s increased collaboration with states to combat robocalling, including investigatory partnerships with four states and agreements between the Commission’s Enforcement Bureau and the state attorneys general of Colorado and Vermont.
TCPA Regulatory Update — FCC Enforcement Bureau Proposes Record Fine Against Robocaller
March 21, 2022 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin
Read about the FCC Enforcement Bureau’s proposed record fine of $45 million, which would be issued against a Florida-based company for alleged robocalls advertising that states’ health insurance open enrollment periods had been reopened due to COVID-19.
Monthly TCPA Digest — March 2022
March 21, 2022 | Article | By Russell Fox, Joshua Briones, Jonathan P. Garvin, Esteban Morales
Our TCPA newsletter discusses the FCC’s increased collaboration with states to combat robocalling and its proposed record fine of $45 million for health care–alleged robocalls and a District of Maryland dismissal of a TCPA case concerning a fax about a free webinar.
TCPA Regulatory Update — FCC Enforcement Bureau Sends More Cease-And-Desist Letters
February 22, 2022 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin
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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Telephone and Texting Compliance News — March 2025
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