John Christophe Dineen

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Sheppard Mullin
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Secondment: Between April, 2012
  June, 2013 at the height of the mortgage crisis, Mr. Dineen served a secondment in Wells Fargo Bank's Law Department. In that capacity he h
  led numerous litigation matters pending in California
  other western states, which included managing outside counsel, responding to discovery, working with business teams to develop strategy
  counseling the Bank on risk management
  compliance with state
  federal consumer protection regulations.
  Representative Matters : Represented several national retailers (in separate cases) against class action complaints challenging clients' gift card policies.
  Represented several national retailers
  restaurants (in separate cases) against class action complaints challenging clients' respective credit card policies under the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act
  California's unfair competition law.
  Represented a national bank with respect to a dispute between several parties involving a sublease of Native American l
  located in Palm Springs, CA.
  Represented a national bank in defense of claims including trespass, malicious prosecution
  invasion of privacy relating to a loan secured by a large ranch in Santa Barbara County.
  Represented a national bank in defense of a class action complaint filed by a group of property owners in a development in La Jolla, CA related to the construction of the project
  certain individual loans secured by individual units in the development.
  Represented a San Diego based developer with respect to endangered species act claims that threatened to prevent use of the developer's l
  .
  Represented a subsidiary of a national bank in defense of a class action complaint brought by lessees challenging the insurance provision contained in client's leases for certain commercial/business equipment.
  Represented a home owner in a quiet title action involving the use, maintenance
  access to a private road in Point Loma section of San Diego.
  Represented national storage company in defense of a class action challenging client's practices with respect to noticing rent increases pursuant to its consumer rental contracts.
  Represented several national banks with respect to the defense of multiple (separate) lawsuits brought by residential borrower's seeking to modify the terms of their loans
  /or to prevent foreclosure following the borrower's default under the terms of the respective loans.
  Represented several clients in defense of (separate) complaints asserting alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act based on calls made by autodialers
  allegedly unsolicited text messages.