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The Federal Supreme Court upholds the claim for repayment of a public-sector employer (primary school in the city of Dübendorf)...

In a landmark decision dated 5 June 2026 (4A_481/2025, intended for publication in the official bulletin), the Swiss Federal Supreme Court confirms that Art. 63 CPC, which sets the continuation of lis pendens, also applies within the context of the Convention on Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters of 30 October 2007 (the "Lugano Convention").

In its ruling of June 6, 2024 (9C_135/2023), the Federal Supreme Court ruled that corporate income tax law does not contain a correction provision according to which proceeds...

This contribution outlines, from a high-level perspective, the role and relevancy of internal investigation reports in the financial sector and particularly in the context of parallel or subsequent...

In its landmark decision BGer 5A_114/2025 of 13 January 2026, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court has clarified the question of when proceedings are considered pending in Switzerland and thus block a lawsuit abroad.

On 31 December 2020 the transition period for the UK's exit from the EU ended and the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement was finalised.

Entscheid des Schweizerischen Bundesgerichts 4A_440/2007 (BGE 134 III 255) vom 6. Februar 2008 i.S. V-AG (Beklagte und Beschwerdeführerin) gegen A (Kläger und Beschwerdegegner) sowie B, C und W-AG (alle Nebenintervenienten)

In a globalised, highly interdependent economic environment, effective enforcement of legal rights is a key business factor.

The Swiss Federal Tribunal confirms its long-standing jurisprudence, according to which the res judicata effect of arbitral awards and state court decisions is limited to their operative part.

In its decision of 3 October 2024 (BGer 9C_635/2023), the Federal Supreme Court shifted the focus for the examination of the withholding tax refund requirements in connection...

Dem Bundesverwaltungsgerichtsurteil lag folgender Sachverhalt zugrunde: Die Stiftung A ist seit dem 1. Januar 2005 im Register der Mehrwertsteuerpflichtigen eingetragen.

La décennie écoulée a été marquée par une succession de jurisprudences de principe qui ont bouleversé la pratique des rétrocessions.

Reinsurance practice often involves international contractual relations. Issues that regularly arise in reinsurance litigation relate to the place of jurisdiction and the applicable law.

As of 1 January 2024, the Ordinance on Reporting on Climate Matters came into force, which contains guidelines on how reporting on non-financial matters in the area of climate matters is to be implemented.

Autorité de recours pénale cantonale seule compétente pour statuer sur le prononcé de refus d'autorisation de surveillance de la correspondance...

Dans un arrêt 4A_369/2015 du 25 avril 2016, le Tribunal fédéral (TF) examine la portée du devoir d'information de la banque dans le cadre d'une relation de conseil en placement.

Three recent Swiss cantonal court decisions have shed light on the intertemporal application of the Lugano Convention after Brexit with respect to the recognition and enforcement of UK judgments in Switzerland.

Civil procedure in Switzerland is primarily governed by the Swiss Code of Civil Procedure ("SCCP").