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Jonathan P. Garvin

Associate

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+1.202.434.7357

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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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TCPA Regulatory Update – Blocking Foreign-Initiated Robocalls, Safeguarding PSAP Phone Numbers, and Blocking Spam Texts
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Monthly TCPA Digest — October 2021

October 19, 2021 | Article | By Russell Fox, Joshua Briones, Jonathan P. Garvin, Esteban Morales

We are pleased to present our latest Monthly TCPA Digest, providing insights and news related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). In this issue’s Regulatory Update, we discuss the FCC’s adoption of the FNPRM, a rule intended to help curb illegal robocalls originating outside of the United States, as well as the PSAP FNPRM, which seeks to protect the nation’s 911 emergency response centers from potentially debilitating robocalling attacks. In addition, we cover Sen. Richard Blumenthal’s recent request that the FCC take additional steps to block spam text messages and his support for its proposal to shorten STIR/SHAKEN implementation deadlines for certain providers.
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Monthly TCPA Digest — September 2021

September 21, 2021 | Article | By Russell Fox, Joshua Briones, Jonathan P. Garvin, Crystal Lopez

Our TCPA newsletter discusses proposed rulemaking items on the FCC’s September Open Meeting agenda involving the Do-Not-Call registry for 911 call centers and gateway providers for foreign-originated calls to the United States, and covers the 6th Circuit’s Lindenbaum v. Realgy decision rejecting the Creasy v. Charter Communications federal court ruling.
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Read about two proposed rulemaking items on the FCC’s September Open Meeting agenda involving the Do-Not-Call registry for 911 call centers and gateway providers, or the first U.S.–based provider in the call path of a foreign-originated call.
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America’s largest voice service providers are now using STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication standards on their Internet Protocol (“IP”) networks.
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Monthly TCPA Digest — July 2021

July 15, 2021 | Article | By Russell Fox, Joshua Briones, Jonathan P. Garvin

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Pursuant to the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act (“TRACED Act”) and FCC rules, the FCC must annually select a single registered consortium that conducts private-led efforts to trace back the origin of suspected unlawful robocalls.
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Perdue for Senate, Inc., the Senate campaign committee for former U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-GA), petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) to issue a declaratory ruling asking the agency to clarify that delivering a voice message directly to a voicemail box through ringless voicemail (“RVM”) technology does not constitute a “call” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) or FCC rules.
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The FCC adopted rules establishing a new reporting system for private entities to alert the FCC Enforcement Bureau directly of suspected robocalling and spoofing campaigns.
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As part of its efforts to combat illegal robocalls, the FCC signed the “Mutual Assistance in the Enforcement of Laws on Certain Unlawful Communications” Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with the Australian Communications and Media Authority (“ACMA”).
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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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