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A Saudi businessman has begun legal action against White & Case and demanded that it release documents relating to its former client Barclays. | 13yrs

A report on the value of financial transactions in the world shows a fall of 30 per cent since the US$20 trillion recorded in 2006/07, according to Allen & Overy. | 13yrs

Sanctions against Iran come under question after a bank won a case opposing its inclusion on the Iran nuclear sanctions list. Could the European Union may have met its biggest obstacle - its own law courts, asks Sarosh Zaiwalla? | 13yrs

Litigation-only law firm Gall has recruited three partners from Baker & McKenzie, Herbert Smith Freehills and Farrer & Co. | 13yrs

An opinion from the EU Council Legal Service looks likely to force the EU to scale down plans for a financial transaction tax. | 13yrs

Jones Day and Skadden Arps feature among the 'fearsome foursome' named as the most frightening firms by general counsel. | 13yrs

The Agency for Dispute Resolution has been chosen as an ADR provider by the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) as part of the ACC Alliance programme. | 13yrs

The long arms of US lawmakers are reaching Luxembourg through FATCA. Sandrine Leclercq, Counsel for Baker & McKenzie Luxembourg, discusses what steps the jurisdiction is taking to mitigate the impact. | 13yrs

The investigation of multi-nationals in Asia on anti-bribery issues has spread from China to Japan as Deutsche Bank faces an inquiry on its entertainment practices. | 13yrs

Three leading lawyers have left public service to take posts with Davis Polk, Skadden Arps and Jenner & Block - showing the demand for regulatory advice from clients. | 13yrs

UK law firms who expected their names to be published today in relation to the hacking inquiry will have to wait a bit longer to see if they will be outed. | 13yrs

About 44 per cent of senior in-house lawyers believe that an anti-corruption investigation into their company is 'possible' or 'likely' within the next two years. | 13yrs

As data is moved across borders, the risk of security breaches increase dramatically. | 13yrs

Tax planning is the main area which millionaires and other high net worth individuals want advice on from private client lawyers. | 13yrs

Luxembourg and the Cayman Islands are among the top locations that private client lawyers are being asked to advise on. | 13yrs

Standard & Poor's is linking its defence to a $5 billion US law suit to its right to free speech. | 13yrs

Nearly three quarters of general counsel in global corporations cite anti-trust/competition issues as their top investment priority over the next 12 to 18 months. | 13yrs

TALI - the self-styled 'global business law innovator' - is launching an international employment law service to cover 80 countries. | 13yrs

The vast majority of private client lawyers, 82 per cent, have clients with family offices - and the signs are that the numbers of family offices are set to grow. | 13yrs