Even if such complaints have not much of chance to succeed, international legal assistance procedures are sometimes delayed for months.

The Swiss Supreme Court dismissed on June 29, 2017, a complaint by Michel Platini against a decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne.

A company under the law of the Principality of Liechtenstein entered in 1996 into a development and construction contract on a hotel and casino project in the West Bank.

This weekend, voters in Switzerland derailed a comprehensive corporate income tax reform in a popular referendum with close to 60 percent.

In a decision of March 7, 2017, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court confirmed the conviction by the first instance Swiss Federal Criminal Court against two Iraqi men for being member of a criminal organization.

For the first time, a court of first instance in Switzerland has ruled that a spa located in the Canton of Apenzell had discriminated against handicapped children by prohibiting them access to the spa.

In a decision rendered on November 16, 2016, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court ruled that Facebook Switzerland cannot be obliged by state prosecutors of the Canton of Vaud to transfer data...

A popular initiative vote of March 11, 2012 led at the beginning of 2015 to the enactment of the Swiss Federal Act on Secondary requiring communities in Switzerland to limit secondary holiday residences to 20 percent, ...

Not long ago, Swiss companies relied on workforces that were as homogeneous as possible. They were convinced that this would increase employee performance and efficiency.

The Swiss Federal Tax Administration (SFTA) may provide on a regular basis information to their foreign counterparts on the status of international administrative assistance proceedings in tax matters

The following facts were presented to the highest court in Switzerland: a staff member of a foreign embassy in Geneva had approached two female passport seekers by calling them privately and outside of regular office hours and inviting them - amongst others - for dinner.

If employees become ill through no fault of their own and are therefore unable to work, they are still entitled to a wage.

These days, the Dutch trade union federation Nederlandse Vakbeweging has filed a lawsuit against FIFA before the Commercial Court in Zürich.

This week, the Swiss federal goverment launched a draft legislation for consultation with interested parties which aims at easing the strict banking and financial market rules otherwise applicable to Fintech companies.

Picture this, a candidate is finally invited to a job interview. They expect to meet with a staff member from HR, but instead find themselves sitting opposite a robot.

In February 2017, Switzerland voters rejected a comprehensive corporate tax reform which had lowered corporate income taxes in general.

The Swiss Federal Supreme Court ruled that criminal fines and other financial penalties are not income tax deductible, as they do not constitute a justified business expense.

The Swiss Supreme Court ruled in a decision of February 13, 2017 (published two days ago) that the SFTA must provide its counterparts in France with certain information on a UBS bank customer . . .

Flexible management compensation remains a bone of contention in Switzerland. However, a verdict on salary systems is clear – aligning the interests of the managers with those of the shareholders through performance-related remuneration is often not met.

A high ranking bank manager of a Geneva bank had been dismissed in November 2015 under a six month garden leave following an internal money-laundering investigation against the bank manager and his team.