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The lawyer representing former Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble board member Rajat Gupta has urged an appeals court to give his client a new trial, claiming that excluded evidence may have cleared him of insider trading charges. | 13yrs

A clutch of luxury brands is gearing up for tomorrow's Luxury Law Summit to address challenges posed by imitation goods. | 13yrs

Three former Saab executives have been arrested by Swedish accounting enforcers on suspicion of 'grave attempts' to complicate tax controls. | 13yrs

Leaders of top US law firms are failing to make the sweeping changes needed to adapt to today's economic conditions, preferring quick fixes rather than long-term plans, a survey has today revealed. | 13yrs

Lawyers representing the UK government over charges of assisting in the rendition of Abdul-Hakim Belhaj have said they will consider paying him damages. | 13yrs

A weekly round-up of in-house legal moves from around the globe. | 13yrs

David Kreider, Vodafone's New Zealand general counsel, has successfully defended his $541,000 (£290,000) a year job from a restructuring cut following the company's acquisition of TelstraClear last year. | 13yrs

A Canadian outsourcing company has revealed that in-house legal departments have increased their use of outsourcing, matching the trend in traditional law firms. | 13yrs

The head of the Office of the White House Counsel knew last month that an audit of the Internal Revenue Service would likely show that agency employees improperly targeted conservative groups, a senior White House official has admitted. | 13yrs

A South Africa-based junior advocate has claimed that black lawyers and businesses should 'not be shy' to sue for anti-competitive practices when they are omitted from markets because of their race. | 13yrs

US lawmakers are mulling over a bill aimed to block so-called patent trolls from filing vague claims on patents that stifle the development of new products. | 13yrs

Two of the biggest names in world cotton trading have again locked horns in a courtroom over alleged market manipulation during a period of price swings in 2011. | 13yrs

A US lawyer and former US embassy worker in Moscow was expelled from Russia after reportedly refusing to co-operate with a Russian spy agency. | 13yrs

Hong Kong-headquartered global law firm King & Wood Mallesons has suffered a blow in Australia with the news that its managing partner in the jurisdiction is to step down just 14 months after taking the job. | 13yrs

A weekly round-up of who's moving up, down or out in global legal practice | 13yrs

The luxury team at Covington & Burling discuss managing reputational risk at the contract stage. | 13yrs

Exigent, a leading global provider of legal process outsourcing (LPO), is opening a centre in Canada. | 13yrs

Lawyers have called for securities regulators to assess whether a criminal investigation is needed into Hong Kong conglomerate Cheung Kong's sales of hotel suites in Kwai Chung despite an agreement with the developer to cancel the sales. | 13yrs

The Indian government is considering a new law aimed to combat the issue of spot-fixing in sport following the arrest of cricketers and bookmakers last week. | 13yrs