The Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona ruled that an accused party may personally participate in cases where the Swiss Federal Attorneys Office takes evidence abroad via the means of international criminal assistance procedures.

In its ruling of 10 June 2025 (7B_1264/2024, 7B_1422/2024), relating to the unsealing of physical and electronic documents that were presumably covered by attorney-client privilege...

As previously reported (link), the Swiss Federal Supreme Court in a 2016 decision (1B_85/2016) took a rather narrow approach to the scope of legal privilege in connection ...

The Federal Supreme Court has ruled that a former CEO of a corporation that is a party to an antitrust proceeding, cannot in principle invoke the privilege against self-incrimination under...

On 1 January 2025, the revised Swiss Civil Procedure Code (CPC) will come into effect, introducing significant changes.

Kiran from the Electronic Discovery team in Forensic Technology shares her experience below.

In two recent rulings, both dated 6 August 2024, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (FSC) addressed critical issues regarding the applicability and scope of legal privilege in internal investigations.

I've been in this business for many years, and I know that no one rejoices and pops a bottle of champagne when a litigation or investigation comes knocking on your door.

A new Code on Electronic Signatures will become effective on January 1 2005. The draft of the relevant implementing ordinance is now open for public consultation and comments from interested parties.

Ich bin seit vielen Jahren in diesem Bereich tätig und ich weiss, dass niemand vor Freude in die Luft springt, wenn Rechtsstreitigkeiten oder Ermittlungen ...

In QPQ Limited v Schute [2025] IEHC 474, the High Court (Court) considered the defendant's application to admit into evidence certain correspondence exchanged between the parties' solicitors.

J'exerce dans ce milieu depuis de nombreuses années et je sais que la perspective d'un litige ou d'une enquête est tout sauf réjouissante. Quoi qu'il en soit, avec l'aide adéquate, ce n'est pas...

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...

As in state court proceedings, the success of a claim in arbitration proceedings will hinge on the parties' ability to corroborate their claims and allegations with evidence.

On 26 February 2020, the Swiss Federal Council published the draft bill for a light revision of the Swiss Civil Procedure Code ("CPC").

Under Swiss law, the sealing of evidence is a procedural tool available for the purposes of paralysing the effects of a criminal seizure or production order.

On 2 March 2018, the Swiss Federal Council initiated the consultation phase regarding a partial revision of the Swiss Civil Procedure Code (CPC).

It is probably fitting that we begin our series of articles for Mondaq's White-Collar Crime Newsfeed with the discussion of a ruling that concerns the privilege of communications with foreign lawyers in criminal proceedings.

Artificial intelligence has made it easier than ever to create convincing fake videos, audio recordings, and images—raising urgent questions about how international arbitration tribunals should handle disputed audiovisual evidence. As deepfakes become more sophisticated and harder to detect, arbitrators face a growing challenge: determining not just what weight to give evidence, but whether that evidence is authentic at all.

In den vergangenen Monaten äusserten sich zuerst das Bundesstraf- und anschliessend das Bundesgericht zum Umfang des anwaltlichen Berufsgeheimnisses in internen Untersuchungen.