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• After Switzerland rejects strong corporate ethics controls, new proposal likely

  ethikos 35, no. 1 (January 2021) - 
 
 A vote that would have banned the national bank from investing in defense industries and would have also stiffen the penalties against Swiss corporations violating human rights and causing environmental harm was rejected. A counterproposal is now being considered. Under the counterproposal, companies are encouraged to respect human rights and environmental standards not only in Switzerland but all over the world, but it “stops short of allowing them to be sued for liability.”

• Switzerland's new regulatory landscape

  Numerous legal developments are currently impacting the Swiss financial market place. The new regime is intended to align Switzerland with the rest of Europe, as well as keeping up with new technologies and boosting the attractiveness of Switzerland as a stable and innovative financial and asset management centre.

• Impact of Swiss Privacy Shield Inadequacy Decision

  In a much anticipated ruling, this month the Swiss Data Protection Authority concluded that the EU-US Swiss Privacy Shield was no longer an adequate method for transferring personal information from Switzerland to the US. In reaching this decision, the Swiss data protection authority agreed with the recent, similar, EU decision of inadequacy. Like the EU, Switzerland anticipates those transferring personal information from Switzerland to the US to rely on standard contractual clauses. However like the EU, Switzerland cautions that companies should assess “on a case-by-case basis” whether the recipient provides sufficient protection...

• Switzerland cancels Privacy Shield

  Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 18 (September 17, 2020) -
 
 Following the European Court of Justice’s decision to strike down the EU-US Privacy Shield mechanism for data transfer, the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner reviewed the decision and came to the same conclusion....

• Swiss Regulator Determines Swiss-US Privacy Shield Is Inadequate

  Swiss companies are advised to take additional measures when transferring personal data from Switzerland to the US.
 
 On 8 September 2020, the Swiss data protection authority, Adrian Lobsiger (the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner, FDPIC), concluded in his annual review that the Swiss-US Privacy Shield does not provide an adequate level of protection for personal data transfer from Switzerland to the US pursuant to the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP).

• Swiss Privacy Authority Considers Swiss–U.S. Privacy Shield No Longer Valid

  On September 8, 2020, the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) announced that it no longer considers the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield (Swiss Shield) to provide adequate protections for transfers of Swiss personal data to the U.S. This development was anticipated following the invalidation of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield by the Court of Justice…

• Swiss Immigration Update - Quarantine for Travelers Entering from Certain Countries and Masks Compulsory in Public Transport

  While Switzerland started to ease pandemic related requirements and opened its borders, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country is slowly rising again. In response,  Swiss authorities announced the following restrictions in effect as of July 6, 2020...

• COVID-19: Swiss Government Financial Assistance Measures -COVID-19 – The Swiss government’s measures to support the Swiss economy

  Since mid-March 2020, the Swiss government has enacted a number of measures to mitigate the effects of the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) on the Swiss economy.
 
 The most important measure was announced on 20 March 2020 to help SMEs survive the short-term effects of COVID-19 by providing cash flow assistance....

• CAS Sun Yang v Wada

  In an award released on 28 February 2020, the Court of Arbitration for Sport ("CAS") upheld the appeal filed by the World Anti-Doping Agency ("WADA") against the Chinese swimmer Sun Yang and the Fédération Internationale de Natation ("FINA"), imposing on the Olympic champion an eight-year competition ban and effectively terminating his career....

• 100,000 DNSSEC domain names for .CH

  SWITCH, the Registry responsible for running the .CH country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD), recently announced that in late December 2019 some 100,000 .CH domain names had been registered using Domain Name System Security Extension (DNSSEC). 

Featured documents

• As Swiss Banking Becomes More Transparent, Americans with Undeclared Swiss Accounts Are Warned

  In a move that was likely celebrated by United States governmental officials, Swiss banking secrecy eroded even further on Thursday, March 6, 2014. This is the day that parliament voted to provide foreign tax authorities with identifying information on accountholders with undeclared accounts in...

• More Dominos Fall on the Data Protection Table

  As all of our readers know by now, as of October 6, the US-EU Safe Harbor Framework is no more. Safe Harbor was the mechanism on which thousands of US companies (and thousands of companies based in the European Union) legitimized their data transfers from the EU to the US....

• Littler Global Guide - Switzerland - Q3 2018

  New Whistleblower Law Proposed -
 
 Proposed Bill or Initiative -
 
 A new bill proposing a statutory framework for whistleblowers was presented to Parliament. If adopted, employees will have the duty to inform employers about irregularities coming to their knowledge (whereby...

• Swiss Regulator Determines Swiss-US Privacy Shield Is Inadequate

  Swiss companies are advised to take additional measures when transferring personal data from Switzerland to the US.
 
 On 8 September 2020, the Swiss data protection authority, Adrian Lobsiger (the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner, FDPIC), concluded in his annual review...

• Simplified Authorization Procedure for Cross-Border Marketing of Swiss Securities Funds and German UCITS

  At the beginning of this year – to the (pleasant) surprise of market participants – an agreement came into force to implement a simplification in the marketing of Swiss securities funds (Effektenfonds) in Germany, and German UCITS in Switzerland. While agreement had been reached in principle in...

• The Meritas Guide To Employment Law On A Business Sale In Europe, Middle East And Africa - April 2015: Switzerland

  1. DO EMPLOYEES AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFER TO THE BUYER WHEN A BUSINESS IS SOLD?
 
 
 
 When an employer transfers their business or part of the business to a third party transferee, all rights and obligations arising out of the employment contracts are automatically transferred from...

• Swiss Tax Law Changes: Federal Act on Tax Reform and AHV Financing (TRAF)

  • Switzerland’s privileged taxation of companies is no longer in line with international standards. • In 2017, the first attempt to abolish the internationally criticized regime was clearly rejected by Swiss voters. • On 28 September 2018, the new legislative proposal, TRAF, was accepted by the...

• Switzerland cancels Privacy Shield

  Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 18 (September 17, 2020) -
 
 Following the European Court of Justice’s decision to strike down the EU-US Privacy Shield mechanism for data transfer, the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner reviewed the decision and came to the...

• The Credit Suisse Case: Did the Justice Department Lose its Nerve?

  As the old adage goes, appearances can be deceiving. Sometimes when you peel back the layers on an issue, you find out that everyone, even the Justice Department, can engage in “spin.”...

• Swiss Researchers Develop Model to Assess How Nanoparticles “Flow Through the Environment”

  The Swiss National Science Foundation issued a May 12, 2016, press release announcing that researchers from the National Research Program “Opportunities and Risks of Nanomaterials” have developed a new model to track the flow of the “most important nanomaterials in the environment.” To assess how...