Earlier this summer, Lerach was placed in administrative segregation — locked down for 23 hours a day — after he allegedly offered a corrections officer the use of his San Diego Chargers season tickets, say three people familiar with the situation. Should a formal administrative proceeding go against him, Lerach would likely be forbidden from returning to the camp, and would instead be placed in a higher-security facility.

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Robert G. Copeland, James A. Mercer III and Michael S. Umansky have joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as partners in the firm’s Corporate practice group.  Copeland is based in the firm’s San Diego/Downtown office, and Mercer and Umansky are based in Sheppard Mullin’s San Diego/Del Mar office.  Copeland, Mercer and Umansky most recently practiced with Duane Morris LLP in San Diego.

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Google has just released the Beta version of their new Internet browser, Chrome.  Chrome is an open source and completely innovative approach to browser development from the team at Google.  Although the feature list is limited at this time and plug-ins are yet to come, the outlook for Chrome to take the lead in the browser race is positive.

Chrome gives tabs the priority in the user interface and implements a unique “omni bar” where you get smart auto-complete for only things you have explicitly typed.  You can search not only the web but also specific sites such as Amazon by using keyword-tab combinations.  The default start page is also a new take.  It assumes that you will want to visit one of your most visited sites or search engines and displays them for you to select from.  The biggest innovation with Chrome is the separation of tabs into separate computer processes.  This facilitates more speed, better control, and less likelihood of crashes.  Chrome presents all this in a very clean and unassuming interface that I think you’ll like.

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DLA Piper today announced over $10,000 in donations of cash, school supplies and backpacks by DLA Piper’s attorneys and staff to Operation Homefront’s Backpack Brigade Back-to-School Drive. Operation Homefront’s Backpack Brigade helps provide children of active duty military with the school supplies needed to maximize their success in the upcoming school year. The effort was led by DLA Piper San Diego partners Christopher Young and Rick Storms, and associates Jennifer Feldman, Greg Morris and Jason Radford.

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Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP, a full-service California law firm, today announced the formalization of a new action sports practice area committed to providing comprehensive legal services to action sports businesses worldwide.

The Luce Forward attorneys in this new practice area participate in action sports themselves and are currently working with a variety of clients in the industry. The practice draws on the expertise of attorneys from multiple specialties including business, intellectual property, financing, tax and estate planning, labor/employment, product liability, general litigation and real estate.

08.21.2008 - The San Diego law firm of Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP is pleased to announce that Steven A. Jaye, John P. Cleary, and Vessela V. Stoyanova have joined the firm.  Mr. Jaye has joined Procopio as of counsel, Mr. Cleary as senior counsel, and Ms. Stoyanova as an associate.   All join the firm’s growing Business & Technology Team.

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The 31st Annual Educational Conference of the International Legal Technology Association

This four-day event, featuring educational content across 26 tracks, is universally regarded as THE place to further your professional development, learn from your peers and make valuable connections. In addition to the structured educational experience, you’ll be able to explore an exhibit hall featuring over 150 key vendors to the legal market, and there will be abundant opportunities for social networking.

8/25/2008-8/28/2008
The Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center
Grapevine, Texas

For more information visit http://conference.iltanet.org/

The San Diego law firm of Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP is proud to announce that partner Sandra L. Shippey has been appointed to Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Committee of the Business Law Section of the California State Bar.

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Okay, I understand that working late being easy is an oxymoron.  But, since work doesn’t always recognize your schedule, why not find tools to allow you to be a least a little more flexible?  Dropbox (www.getdropbox.com) is a new service currently in private beta that allows you to synchronize and share files between multiple computers.

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Aug. 3, 2008 - John Benassi, a partner in Cooley Godward Kronish’s Intellectual Property Litigation practice, died suddenly on Saturday, Aug. 2. Mr. Benassi, who joined Cooley in June of this year, was based in the Firm’s San Diego office.

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