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.

The Supreme Court held that employers are obliged to disclose employment contracts and other relevant documents relating to pay and working conditions to the 26 so-called 'cantonal tripartite commissions'.

The Swiss Federal Government sees no need for further regulation of the debt enforcement profession, for example by introducing professional licenses and best practice duties applying to the commercial debt collection process.

In a decision rendered on March 2, 2017, the Swiss Supreme Court ruled that a sole arbitrator did not violate fundamental procedural principles and/or a party's right to be appropriately heard by . . .

On March 10, 2017, the goverment opened the consultation process ending on June 30, 2017, by presenting the draft legislation.

The Zurich Tenancy Court, a specialized court for disputes amongst tenants and landlords - ruled in a decision published this week that a tenant is basically allowed to provide his or her apartment via Airbnb to paying guests...

Mobile phones are a great help in these days to secure permanent professional access not only during regular business hours.

On January 17, 2018, the Swiss Federal Government opened the formal consultation process aimed at implementing the most recent recommendations by the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes.

The employee was repeatedly attested by his or her personal doctor a complete incapacity for work.

A general age restriction for candidates applying to an educational leadership program for music teachers offered by the Swiss Federal Government violates the constitutional principle of non-discrimination.

In a decision of February 9, 2017, the Swiss Supreme Court ruled (amongst others) that parties in an international arbitration proceeding under Switzerland's International Private Law Act of 1987...

A Swiss national residing in Dubai and married to a British husband wanted to purchase two land parcels in the Canton of Friborg for CHF 1.6 million.

In January 2015, the Swiss Federal Communications Office (Bakom) invited for a public tender offer for the analysis of Swiss National Television's online offer.

In many Swiss hospitals, mandatory labour laws are a 'dead letter': 52% of doctors do not adhere to the maximum weekly working time of 50 hours, which has been in force since 2005.

Already today the generation of workers older than 50 years is the largest group on the labor market in Switzerland - and it continues to grow.

SECO has issued in June 2017 a guideline focusing on intragroup staff transfers which could in many cases require in the future a governmental authorization based on proven professional qualification and the provision of financial security...

The Syrian Central Bank's complaint against its inclusion into Switzerland's sanction list relating to Syrian organizations and individuals is not admissible.

Various European countries have created in the last 24 months special state courts for international commercial court disputes which can handle cases in English.

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.