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NLD Spotlight: Jake Zindulka

NLD Spotlight: Jake Zindulka

By Matthew Spolsky

Jake Zindulka is the immediate past chair of the NLD. He has called San Diego home since 2015 and does not see himself returning to the Northeast. Jake is a great example of what one can accomplish if they take the initial step into the unknown of a new adventure. Read More

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Message from the NLD Community Outreach Co-Chair

Message from the NLD Community Outreach Co-Chair

Happy April NLD Members,

As the New Lawyer Division’s Community Outreach Co-Chair, I could not be any more excited to be writing this month’s message from the board during April which is celebrated all over the world as Global Volunteer Month. As lawyers we are dedicated to serving our clients and to advancing the interests of our community. This April, the New Lawyer Division (NLD) would like to celebrate the power of each of our NLD members and our San Diego public service organizations who continue to tackle society’s greatest challenges to build stronger communities through acts of pro-bono service and volunteerism. Read More

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Conflicts – More Than Just Adverse Parties

Conflicts – More Than Just Adverse Parties

By Edward J. McIntyre

The State Bar of California just released two separate and sobering reports about its own failure to open any public discipline investigation of Los Angeles attorney Thomas Girardi, despite more than one hundred complaints against him between 1982 to January 2021. These reports highlight not only failures at the State Bar, but also underscore the need to carefully consider a sometimes-overlooked aspect of the conflict-of-interest rules. Read More

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A Possible Blow Coming to Consumers of Previously Owned Vehicles: Looming Changes to the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act

A Possible Blow Coming to Consumers of Previously Owned Vehicles: Looming Changes to the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act

By John Myers
Partner at Pengilley Myers APC

A recent appellate opinion from the Fourth District, Division Two, Rodriguez v. FCA US LLC (2022) 77 Cal.App.5th 209, changes the definition of a “new motor vehicle” in California’s Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (“Act”) thereby limiting the number of consumers who can avail themselves of the Act. Courts have previously held that the Act is “manifestly a remedial measure, intended for the protection of the consumer; it should be given a construction calculated to bring its benefits into action.” Murillo v. Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. (1998) 17 Cal.4th 985, 990. Read More