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Against the backdrop of the growing number of projects for so-called "stable coins" since mid-2018, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority...

On 21 September 2019, the Federal Council decided to implement several parts of the amendments adopted in the spring session 2016 regarding the legislation ...

In the past year, the Swiss Supreme Court (SSC) rendered noteworthy decisions clarifying fundamental questions in Swiss trade mark law, inter alia, relating to the three-dimensional trade mark...

Switzerland is a civil law jurisdiction. Accordingly, the primary sources of legal authority are written codes and statutes, whereas case law is of less importance than in common law jurisdictions

The draft bill provides that the proceedings before the juge d'appui are to be conducted under the provisions of the Civil Procedure Code on summary proceedings.

On 1 March 2018, the fully revised Federal Act on the Surveillance of Post and Telecommunications (FASPT) entered into force in Switzerland. According to the Federal Council of Switzerland

In comparison to 2019, which reported a transaction value amounting to USD 127bn, 2020 was quite an unusual year due to the global pandemic accompanied by the uncertainty of the economic impact caused by COVID-19.

Dâ -das BVerwG die Beschwerden der dänischen Banken teilweise gutgeheißen hatte (Urteile des BVerwG A-6537/2010 ùnd A-1246/2011), musste das Bundesgericht als höchste Instanz dazu Stellung nehmen.

There are no specific rules in Swiss tax law on securities lending and borrowing ("SLB") or REPO transactions.

What is the relevant legislation relating to tax administration and controversies? Other than legislation, are there other binding rules for taxpayers and the tax authority

On 1 February 2017, the Federal Council launched a public consultation on proposed amendments to the BA and the BO, which seek to ease the Swiss regulatory framework for providers...

In Switzerland, the end of 2018 and beginning of 2019 saw a number of legal developments regarding fintech (in particular the introduction ...

In this judgment, the FSC held that an export ban in an Austrian licence agreement had infringed the Swiss Act on Cartels (CA).

Both company types enjoy limited liability to the effect that only the company's assets are liable for company debts and not the private assets of the respective shareholder(s)...

Elektrische Energie (Strom) ist aus der modernen Gesellschaft nicht mehr wegzudenken.

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This provision codifies the practice developed by the Federal Council under the Swiss Federal Constitution.