Joshua never gives up. He has overcome tremendous personal, academic and professional challenges. He believes that this tenacity and determination to succeed by overcoming his own adversities brings unique skill sets critical to ensuring his clients get the right result.
Joshua is the Managing Member of the firm's Los Angeles office and serves on the firm's Policy Committee.
CLASS ACTION DEFENSE
Joshua has served as lead defense counsel on over 600 alleged nationwide class actions in state and federal courts across the country. He and his team have successfully defended many bet-the-company class actions that threaten a company's brand, reputation, business model and bottom line. A skilled negotiator, Joshua has a long record of securing dismissals and extremely favorable settlements for his clients.
Marketing and Advertising - Joshua has successfully defended claims on behalf of many companies involving allegedly false or deceptive products and services in virtually every industry. Joshua draws on his litigation experience to advise his clients on product development, risk assessments, creatively designing product labeling, and risk mitigation strategies to help them develop a strong competitive edge while minimizing the risk of legal attack.
Privacy - Joshua is a leader in successfully defending novel and complex privacy class actions. These claims often involve the alleged improper disclosure or use of private information and data. Joshua also regularly drafts and amends privacy policies, risk management protocols, and a broad range of data management issues, including managing privacy class action risks, children's and student privacy, privacy regulation of communications media, employee data, records management and responses to government surveillance requests.
Product Liability - Joshua has extensive experience defending economic defect class actions alleging that the failure to disclose alleged defects constitutes a violation of various consumer protection and warranty laws, including California’s Consumer Legal Remedies Act, Unfair Competition Law, Proposition 65 and Song Beverly Consumer Warranty Act.
Securities - Joshua represents a wide array of clients in securities litigation. He represents private equity funds, including hedge funds, broker-dealers, underwriters, placement agents and issuers in securities class actions, shareholder derivative actions and takeover defense litigation.
ADA Website Accessibility - Joshua regularly defends retailers, restaurants, financial services firms, and educational institutions against website accessibility claims brought under the ADA, Unruh Act, or state-specific consumer protection statutes across the US.
COMPLEX BUSINESS LITIGATION
In addition, Joshua has more than twenty years of experience representing clients in complex business litigation involving anti-trust, trademark, trade secrets and copyright claims across a variety of industries including professional services, financial services, construction, aviation, medical device, manufacturing, energy, and technology (hardware and software).
Joshua never gives up. He has overcome tremendous personal, academic and professional challenges. He believes that this tenacity and determination to succeed by overcoming his own adversities brings unique skill sets critical to ensuring his clients get the right result.
Joshua is the Managing Member of the firm's Los Angeles office and serves on the firm's Policy Committee.
Experience
- The Los Angeles Lakers Inc. in an alleged national class action. Achieved dismissal.
- Sabre Inc. in an alleged national class action. Achieved dismissal.
- Dr. Harold Katz (Therabreath) in an alleged class action. Motion for sanctions against Plaintiff's counsel granted; Plaintiff dismissed class action claims.
- Wingstop Restaurants Inc. in an alleged national class action. Achieved dismissal.
- The Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York in a couple of alleged national class actions. Achieved dismissal.
- Kraft Foods Global Inc. in an alleged national class action. Achieved dismissal with prejudice.
- The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District in an alleged national class action. Achieved dismissal.
- Computer Sciences Corp. in an alleged national class action. Achieved summary judgment.
- Western Union in an alleged national class action. Achieved extremely favorable individual settlement.
- Carnival Corporation in an alleged national class action. Achieved dismissal.
- Yelp, Inc. in an alleged national class action. Achieved denial of class certification.
viewpoints
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.
Greenwashing Class Action Litigation: An Emerging Risk for Companies’ Claims of Sustainability
August 2, 2023 | Alert | By Jacob Hupart, Doug Baumstein, Joshua Briones, Will G. McKitterick, Jared Solomon, Alex Mejia
Plaintiffs’ attorneys are increasingly bringing false advertising class action lawsuits that target companies’ inflated claims about the sustainability of their products — or “greenwashing.” Mintz litigators and energy attorneys discuss how regulators are focusing on these issues and provide an in-depth analysis of private litigation in this area.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Litigation Update — Ninth Circuit Decision Appears to Expand TCPA Standing Rules, But Can Be Read Narrowly
July 26, 2023 | Article | By Joshua Briones, Crystal Lopez
Read about a Ninth Circuit decision holding that the subscriber to a phone line has standing to sue for TCPA violations, even if the subscriber was not the recipient of the text messages at issue and was not using the phone when the text messages were received.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News — July 2023
July 26, 2023 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin, Joshua Briones, Crystal Lopez
In this month’s Telephone and Texting Compliance News, we cover FCC deadlines for new voice service provider requirements, pending federal legislation that would give the FCC the authority to initiate litigation to enforce TCPA violations, the FCC’s participation in a federal and state multiagency initiative to combat scam calls, and a Ninth Circuit decision, which held that a phone line subscriber has standing to bring a TCPA case even though she wasn’t the recipient of the text message at issue.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News — June 2023
June 30, 2023 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin, Joshua Briones, Esteban Morales
In this month’s Telephone and Texting Compliance News, we cover an FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking with proposed rules designed to strengthen consumers’ ability to revoke consent to receive robocalls and robotexts and a Third Circuit decision affirming an arbitration award of more than $286,000 to a credit card company for its fraud counterclaim in a TCPA case.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Third Circuit Affirms $286,000 Fraud Counterclaim Arbitration Award
June 30, 2023 | Article | By Joshua Briones, Esteban Morales
Read about a Third Circuit decision affirming an arbitration award of more than $286,000 to a credit card company for its fraud counterclaim in a TCPA case.
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: Both the Florida Legislature and Judiciary Limit Reach of Telephone Solicitation Legislation
May 30, 2023 | Article | By Joshua Briones, Esteban Morales, Adam B. Korn
Read about a bill passed by the Florida legislature and signed by the governor House Bill 761, which will reduce the scope and reach of Florida’s Telephone Solicitation Act, and a state appellate court ruling limiting the scope of the TCPA.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Litigation Update — ATDS Definition Potentially in Flux: New Petition to the Ninth Circuit Urges En Banc Review of Borden ATDS Decision
February 28, 2023 | Article | By Joshua Briones, Crystal Lopez
Read about a petition to the Ninth Circuit requesting an en banc review of Borden v. E-Financial, LLC, which held that dialing numbers from a pre-existing list, even if the pre-existing list is sorted randomly or sequentially, would not qualify as dialing with an ATDS.
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.
News & Press
Mintz Recognized Among Top 100 Law Firms in Los Angeles by LA Times
November 20, 2024
Mintz was recognized among the “100 Top Law Firms in Los Angeles” by LA Times B2B Publishing. The feature was distributed in the LA Times Sunday edition and included in the annual Top Law Firms issue.
Mintz Wins Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2024 DEI Small Business Company of the Year Award
March 29, 2024
The Los Angeles Business Journal (LABJ) awarded Mintz with the 2024 Wells Fargo DEI Small Business Company of the Year Award. This distinguished recognition is presented to Los Angeles-based organizations for their continued efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace and the broader community.
Los Angeles Business Journal Recognizes Mintz Litigators Joshua Briones and Arameh Zargham O’Boyle as Minority Leaders of Influence
January 23, 2024
LOS ANGELES, CA – Mintz attorneys Joshua Briones and Arameh Zargham O’Boyle have been named to the Los Angeles Business Journal (LABJ) 2024 “Leaders of Influence: Minority Attorneys” list, marking the third consecutive year of recognition for both Joshua and Arameh.
3 Key Class Action Trends To Use As Guidance In 2024
January 16, 2024
Los Angeles Managing Member Joshua Briones and Associates Crystal Lopez and Grecia Rivas co-authored an article published in Law360 analyzing three key class action trends to expect in 2024.
Mintz’s Joshua Briones Recognized As One Of The 2023 LA500 Most Influential Individuals In Los Angeles
June 07, 2023
LOS ANGELES - Mintz is pleased to announce that Los Angeles Managing Member Joshua Briones was selected for inclusion in the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2023 LA500 list for a fourth time.
Los Angeles Managing Member Joshua Briones, and Associates Sofia Nuño and Crystal Lopez co-authored an articled published by Corporate Counsel detailing specific class action cases to watch for in the upcoming year.
Privacy and Website Cases Drive Consumer Class Action Surge
January 24, 2023
Mintz Los Angeles Managing Member Joshua Briones, with Associates Sofia Nuño and Crystal Lopez, co-authored a Corporate Counsel article forecasting consumer class action trends to watch in 2023. They discussed the rise in new cases filed last year and the upswing in data privacy and website accessibility actions.
Los Angeles Business Journal Names Joshua Briones and Arameh Z. O’Boyle Minority Leaders of Influence For Second Year
January 23, 2023
LOS ANGELES – Mintz is pleased to announce that Los Angeles Managing Member Joshua Briones and Member Arameh Z. O’Boyle have been named to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s (LABJ) 2023 “Minority Leaders of Influence: Attorneys” list for a second year running.
Robotext Scam Bill Could Transform TCPA Landscape
September 16, 2022
Los Angeles Business Journal Names Joshua Briones and Arameh Z. O’Boyle Minority Leaders of Influence
January 25, 2022
2021 Trends in Bet-the-Company Class Actions
January 5, 2022
Supreme Court Decision May Have Significant Implications for Data Breach and Privacy Class Actions
July 2, 2021
Murky Rules Complicate ADA Compliance Online
July 2, 2021
2020 Trends in Bet-the-Company Class Actions
January 6, 2021
It’s Gift Card Season—Are Your Employees Properly Trained?
December 17, 2020
The Latest Labeling Issues For Plant-Based Substitute Foods
September 14, 2020
Preparing for COVID-19 Biometric Litigation
July 16, 2020
Law Firms Embrace Remote Work
June 29, 2020
Covid-19 and Class Actions
May 1, 2020
Citrix Telemarketing Row Stayed For High Court TCPA Ruling
April 24, 2020
2019 Trends in Bet the Company Class Actions
November 13, 2019
Managing Member of Mintz’s Los Angeles Office Joshua Briones Named to Daily Journal’s Top 100 Lawyers List
September 18, 2019
Defending Ill. Biometric Privacy Suits After Rosenbach
March 29, 2019
Mintz Hosts Students for "Lawyer for a Day" Event
March 05, 2019
INSIGHT: Ninth Circuit Delivers Bad News to Domino’s and ADA Website Accessibility Defendants
January 24, 2019
The Latest On Article III Standing In False Ad Class Actions
December 14, 2018
An Opportunity To Slow The Rise Of Securities Class Actions
November 8, 2018
Yelp Escapes Privacy Suit Over Recording Sales Calls
April 19, 2018
Most Influential Minority Attorneys
January 22, 2018
BART Derails App User's Data-Collection Class Action
December 15, 2017
Mintz Expands Office Space in Los Angeles
December 04, 2017
Dinner Reservation Text Promoting Specials Isn’t Advertising
November 29, 2017
From Migrant Field Worker to Big Law Managing Partner—The Remarkable Journey of Joshua Briones
September 6, 2017
The Dos and Don’ts Of Minimizing Risk For TCPA Liability
July 14, 2017
The Drone Slayer and Private Property
June 2, 2017
False Labeling Suits Get Hung Up On Faulty Damages Models
December 30, 2016
An Update On Drone Privacy Concerns
October 5, 2016
Challenging No-Injury Class Actions In State Court
August 30, 2016
UP CLOSE: Joshua Briones
June 7, 2016
Events & Speaking
Mintz’s Annual Developing Trends in Bet-the-Company Class Actions 2021 Edition
Mintz Webinar
Los Angeles
ACC Southern California In-house Counsel Conference - Los Angeles
Hilton - Universal City
Avoid False Advertising Scandals that Damage Your Brand
ACC Southern California In-House Counsel Conference - January 31, 2019
Hollywood, CA
Trailblazers - 21st Century Women Leaders
Shutters Hotel 1 Pico Bl.vd., Grand Salon Santa Monica, CA 90405
West Coast Director Education Forum
American College of Corporate Directors
Renaissance Hotel at Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, CA
Guide to Consumer Communications and Compliance: TCPA, FDCPA, CAN-SPAM, and CIPA
IAPP KnowledgeNet CLE
SDG&E Energy Innovation Center 4760 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. San Diego, CA
Joshua never gives up. He has overcome tremendous personal, academic and professional challenges. He believes that this tenacity and determination to succeed by overcoming his own adversities brings unique skill sets critical to ensuring his clients get the right result.
Joshua is the Managing Member of the firm's Los Angeles office and serves on the firm's Policy Committee.
Recognition & Awards
Telecom & Broadcast:The Legal 500 United States: Regulatory (2017)
The Los Angeles Daily Journal: Top 100 Lawyers in California (2019)
The Los Angeles Business Journal: LA500 (2020-2022); Top 100 Lawyers in Los Angeles (2022); Top 100 Lawyers in California (2019); Top Litigators & Trial Lawyers in Los Angeles (2019); Most Influential Minority Attorneys/Top Minority Attorneys in Los Angeles/Leaders of Influence: Minority Attorneys (2018; 2020-2023); Leaders in Law - Attorney Nominees (2017, 2020)
Southern California Super Lawyers: Rising Star – Class Action/Mass Torts list (2011 – 2013)
Joshua never gives up. He has overcome tremendous personal, academic and professional challenges. He believes that this tenacity and determination to succeed by overcoming his own adversities brings unique skill sets critical to ensuring his clients get the right result.
Joshua is the Managing Member of the firm's Los Angeles office and serves on the firm's Policy Committee.
Involvement
- Earlier in his career, Joshua served as an adjunct professor of law, teaching classes on class actions in the United States for the Universidad Panamericana and the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) in Mexico City.
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- Fellow, Leadership Council on Legal Diversity
- Past President, Board of Directors, UCLA Law Alumni Association