Profile

Mr. Yoshino is experienced in handling appellate proceedings in a wide variety of areas, including constitutional law, class action practice, complex litigation issues, consumer protection, insurance coverage, jurisdictional, and preemption matters.

Mr. Yoshino also advises a broad range of clients on specialized issues arising under federal and state consumer protection statutes. He has significant experience in defending both private and public enforcement actions in regulatory proceedings, alternative dispute resolution, and in all phases of trial and appellate litigation.

Statutory Disclosure Claims

Mr. Yoshino is active in the defense of claims alleged under truth-in-lending laws, debt collection statutes, federal and state privacy laws, warranty statutes, consumer protection laws, and a number of similar statutes.

Mr. Yoshino frequently develops national coordination strategies for a broad range of issues, both substantive and procedural.

Presentations and Publications

Contributor to The Consumer Legal Remedies Act, California Antitrust & Unfair Competition Law (Fourth ed. 2010).

Crossing the (Border) Line: The Adverse Consequences of FCPA Enforcement Against Foreign Companies Acting on Foreign Soil, BNA Class Action Litigation Repoter (July 23, 2010). Read Article

An End to Fraud-on-the-Agency Claims: Buckman Preemption, BNA Prod. Safety & Liab. Rptr. (Sept. 2009).

Recent Wave of Case Law Rejects “Concealed Defect” Class • Actions, Class Action Watch (Apr. 2009). Read Article

Coordination Programs and Strategies: The Essential Basis for Successful Product Liability Defense (with Justs Karlsons) (2008).

A Checklist for Defending Class Actions: 20 Best-Practice Tips, Diversity and the Bar (Nov.-Dec. 2007) (interview edited by Francisco Ramos).

Position Paper Author, Product Liability Advisory Counsel Committee Regarding the Proposed Restatement of Principles of the Law of Aggregate Litigation (May 2007).

CLE Presentation on Recent Developments in Wage-and-Hour Class Action Litigation (Oct. 25, 2004).

Cover Your Ears: Despite What You’ve Heard, Class Action • Principles Remain the Same After Sav-On, The Recorder (Sept. 15, 2004).

Class Action Litigation

Mr. Yoshino is active in the coordination and litigation of class actions and other complex claims, including alien tort claims, consumer protection, financial services, products liability, statutory disclosure, employment, and other matters.

He is often extensively involved in the coordination of litigation/regulatory activities and strategies between numerous pending proceedings in multiple fora.

Cross-Border Litigation

Mr. Yoshino advises companies on a host of issues that arise in cross-border litigation, including alien tort claims, Hague Convention issues, jurisdictional challenges, abstention/stay arguments, and other matters.

Reported Cases

Tang v. CS Clean Systems AG, 2010 WL 2766634 (Cal. App. July 14, 2010) (affirmance of forum non conveniens dismissal).

Bauman, 579 F.3d 1088 (9th Cir. 2009); 2007 WL 486389 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 12, 2007) & 2005 WL 3157472 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 22, 2005) (dismissal and affirmance on pleadings of claims under Alien Tort Statute and Torture Victims Protection Act).

Velasquez v. R.C.Treatt & Co., 2009 WL 1887287 (Cal. App. July 2, 2009) (affirming dismissal on pleadings of product liability claims asserting diacetyl exposure).

Tang, 2008 WL 5352253 (Cal. App. Dec. 23, 2008) (affirming set-aside of default judgment for failure to comply with Hague Convention).

Robinson, 2008 WL 728877 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 17, 2008) (granting motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction).

ZAP, 2008 WL 451034 (Cal. App. Feb. 21, 2008) (affirming dismissal on pleadings of UCL and other business tort claims).

IFPTE Local 21, AFL-CIO v. Superior Court, 42 Cal. 4th 319 (Aug. 27, 2007) (amicus urging privacy interests).

McCann v. Lucky Money, Inc., 129 Cal. App. 4th 1382 (May 9, 2005) (limiting duty of disclosure under UCL).

Essex Ins. Co. v. Total Employee Mgmt. Co., 2005 WL 1023212 (Cal. App. May 3, 2005) (obtaining reversal of judgment in insurance coverage matter).