Category: News

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – Klinedinst is saddened to announce the passing of Connie L. Ali, a member of our litigation support team in Los Angeles. A Michigan native, Connie had called California home for 35 years. After moving to the Golden State, she attended various colleges throughout California while taking…

SAN DIEGO – Klinedinst Founder and CEO John D. Klinedinst has been named a finalist for the 2020 CEO of the Year Award by the San Diego Business Journal (SDBJ). The award recognizes top-tier chief executives in San Diego for their outstanding professional achievements and their contributions to the community. Every year, the San Diego Business…

Klinedinst joins the nation in mourning the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Justice Ginsburg had a long and distinguished career.  As an attorney, her reputation as a fierce advocate for gender equality was well-earned. She participated in hundreds of gender discrimination cases, and argued six of them before…

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – Shareholder and attorney Robert M. Shaughnessy has announced his candidacy for a seat on the San Diego County Bar Association (SDCBA) 2021 Board of Directors, and launched RobertShaughnessy.com to help provide SDCBA members with additional information on his candidacy. Mr. Shaughnessy’s goals include promoting access to…

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA — Klinedinst PC is pleased to announce Frederick M. Heiser has been named Managing Shareholder of Klinedinst’s Irvine office. Mr. Heiser takes over the role from Kevin Gramling, who will continue as Shareholder in the Irvine office. Mr. Heiser focuses his practice on business and commercial litigation, commercial…

SAN DIEGO, CA – Klinedinst attorney Dan Lawton filed an amicus brief today in the California Supreme Court in the matter of Masellis v. Law Office of Leslie F. Jensen, et. al., 50 Cal.App.5th 1077 (2020) on behalf of legal malpractice insurer AXA XL. The team’s brief argues that the Court of Appeal’s recent application of law in…

SACRAMENTO, CA — Klinedinst’s Ian A. Rambarran published an article in California Mortgage Finance News, a publication of the California Mortgage Bankers Association (CMBA) which discusses two new consequential opinions—both which offer significant implications for borrowers and lenders. Johnson and Rambarran’s article examines all sides of the opinions, including the potential to…

By James D. Snyder, Senior Counsel, Klinedinst PC On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued its long-awaited decision in the case Data Protection Commission v. Facebook Ireland, Schrems (Shrems II). The EU high court invalidated the European Commission’s adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. If you are…