Caroline Wassermann, one of six lawyers in a reshuffled defense team, said after a hearing that she and her colleagues had the names of traders at the bank who conducted "similar practices," though not on the same scale.
But the medical examiner also released the names of traders, corporate executives and others who worked at the World Trade Center and who had been among the nearly 5,000 people considered missing.
While neither the police nor UBS released the name of the trader, a person with knowledge of the situation identified him as Mr. Adoboli.
A police spokeswoman, who did not provide the name of the trader in custody, said that the person could be sent home, released on bail or charged with an offense.
In regard to the next steps, a police spokeswoman, who did not provide the name of the trader in custody, said that person could be sent home, released on bail or charged with an offense.
He helped, however, to develop trademark law by issuing numerous injunctions against merchants who sold goods bearing the name of other traders.
Shire was one name on traders' lips, with talk of possible interest in the pharmaceuticals group at around £30 a share.
Morgan Stanley would not disclose the names of the traders involved, and a person with knowledge of the trades said that they no longer worked at the firm.
It honored slave traders when choosing figures to chisel as "Worthies" on the tower at the center of its campus, and only 40 years ago chose the names of slave traders when it was naming some colleges.
"People who violate copyright can be punished," said Chris Hanson, senior staff counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, which has fought the industry in its attempt to force Internet service providers, including a number of colleges, to give up the names of file traders with a simple subpoena.
