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• Blockchain and AI Synergized for Smarter Finance

  Davos, Switzerland: QuantumFAI Conference The panel on “Blockchain AI for Trusted Identity, Data Integrity, and Smarter Finance” provided a compelling look into the practical convergence of two of the most transformative technologies of our time. Moderated by Guido Schmitz-Krummacher, the discussion featured insights from Sandy Carter of Unstoppable, futurist Joseph Raczynski, Panos Skliamis of SPIN...

• Meta, AI is a Group Sport

  Davos, Switzerland: Axios House Of all the strategic moves in the tech world, Meta’s appointment of Dina Powell McCormack as President and Vice Chairman is one of the most telling. From a technologist’s perspective, her session at Davos felt less like a product roadmap and more like the unveiling of a new, and arguably more...

• A Call for Clean Water with Matt Damon

  Davos, Switzerland: Axios House With all the pitches one expects to hear amidst the rarefied air of Davos, a business plan from Jason Bourne probably isn’t one of them. Yet, there on stage was Matt Damon, alongside his co-founder Gary White, not to promote a film, but to deconstruct a global crisis with the precision...

• Beyond the Chatbot: AI’s Physical Reckoning

  Davos, Switzerland: Session from The Washington Post House For the past few years, the narrative around artificial intelligence has been one of ethereal magic. Models spun text from prompts, conjured images from imagination, and lived inside our browsers. But as the dust settles at the 2026 World Economic Forum, a new, more grounded conversation has...

• The System is Broken: Scaramucci’s Political Diagnosis

  Davos, Switzerland: Monaco Day, during the World Economic Forum You expect certain things from a talk by Anthony Scaramucci. You expect unfiltered opinions, sharp-witted analysis, and maybe a few headline-grabbing quotes about his eleven days in the Trump White House. What you might not expect is a masterclass on the systemic failures of globalization, the...

• Trump announces support for legislation to cap credit card interest rates at 10% per annum for one year

  We recently blogged about President Trump’s Truth Social post in which he announced his intent to impose a 10% per annum interest rate cap on credit cards for one year beginning on January 20, 2026, the one-year anniversary of his second term of office. On January 21, during his speech delivered at the World Economic...

• The Convergence: Where Immutable Ledgers Meet Intelligent Engines

  I am absolutely thrilled to announce that I will be putting boots on the snowy ground in Switzerland next week for Davos Innovation Week. It is a privilege to join global leaders and forward-thinkers in such an inspiring setting to tackle the biggest technological challenges of our era. On January 19, 2026, I will be...

• Law & Marxism Spring School 2026

  Call for applications for the Law & Marxism Spring School on “Race, Resources and Redistribution” in Geneva, Switzerland, 8-10 April 2026 Following the success in the first and second editions, this three-day focused workshop aimed at Marxist scholar-activists will challenge you to reflect on and develop your Marxist legal research and organising within and beyond...

• Venezuelan situation: Switzerland freezes assets of Nicolás Maduro and his associates

  On 5 January 2026, Switzerland imposed an immediate freeze on any assets held in Switzerland by former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and the politically exposed persons (PEP) associated with him (see the press release here). This follows Nicolás Maduro’s capture by US forces. Members of the current Venezuelan government are not affected by this asset freeze....

• The super-rich who move for tax, and then move again

  [Special thanks to Joel C. Dobris (Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law) for bringing this article to my attention.] The irony was almost perfect: super-rich people who fled from one country for Switzerland due to tax, threatened to leave Switzerland due to tax. “I think many will move,” said Kjartan Aas, a Norwegian millionaire...

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• Robots Learning Altruism and Cooperation – Interesting by Itself and Seems to Echo a Human Model

   It feels like science fiction. But, here is the ScienceDaily summary of an experiment – and success – in robots learning altruism and cooperation. The experiment was undertaken to test “Hamilton’s Rule” on why humans act altruistically. The full paper is here in PLoS. The experiment involved...

• Swiss Leaks Project & Police Raids Raise The Issue Of Swiss Reform

  Based In Basel & Zürich, Switzerland, UBS is “recognized as the largest and fastest-growing large-scale wealth manager in the world.” Source: UBS Annual Review 2013, p. 12. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists’ Swiss Leaks project, (“the Project”), arises out of whistleblower...

• Springtime in Lucerne

  The D&O Diary is on assignment in Europe this week, with a first stop in the Swiss city of Lucerne (or Luzern as it is known to the locals). I had meetings there on Thursday and Friday and then I was fortunate to spend the weekend there as well. I say “fortunate” because the weather......

• Switzerland: Responsible business initiative narrowly rejected despite gaining 50.7% of popular vote

  The public referendum which took place on 29 November 2020 in Switzerland (see here  for further background information) rejected the proposed Responsible Business Initiative despite gaining 50.7% of the popular vote on 29 November 2020. Due diligence obligation and liability for Swiss-based...

• Switzerland sees outbreaks and illnesses go up in 2022

  According to recently released figures, the number of outbreaks and illnesses has risen in Switzerland in 2022 compared to the year before. A total of 40 outbreaks were reported by Swiss authorities in 2022. Over 780 people fell ill, at least 40 were hospitalized, and one died. Outbreaks had been...

• The super-rich who move for tax, and then move again

  [Special thanks to Joel C. Dobris (Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law) for bringing this article to my attention.] The irony was almost perfect: super-rich people who fled from one country for Switzerland due to tax, threatened to leave Switzerland due to tax. “I think many will move,” said...

• Swiss Courts Raise the Bar for Data Processing Justification

  A series of recent rulings by the Swiss Courts have raised the bar for data processing justification under Swiss law. Whilst Switzerland is not part of the European Economic Area, and is therefore not subject to the European Data Protection Directive, its data privacy rules contain a number of...

• Switzerland Eases Sanctions Policy on Iran

  Switzerland’s Federal Council followed suit in easing its sanctions policy against Iran, demonstrating “its support for the implementation of the nuclear agreement and its interest in deepening bilateral relations with Iran”. It aligned its existing sanctions regime to the EU rules, including...

• April in Zurich

  The D&O Diary’s European assignment continued this week with a stop in Zurich, Switzerland’s largest city and one of the world’s leading financial centers, for meetings and an event there. I was fortunate that the beautiful weather I enjoyed in Lucerne followed me to Zurich. Even though I had many...

• Swiss Listeria outbreak shows risk of cheese recontamination

  A multi-year Listeria outbreak in Switzerland that killed 10 people was linked to pasteurized cheese products, according to a study. The incident highlights the risk for recontamination of cheese during manufacturing and emphasizes the need for routine sampling of products, manufacturing equipment, ...