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• Sustainability law developments relevant to public companies

  The April issue of our monthly newsletter Horizon is now available. Learn more about an array of fresh developments in sustainability law, among them: Read this issue here.

• [Guest Post] Ceci n’est pas du Gruyère: Swiss origin claims and how to deal with them

  The IPKat has received and is pleased to host this guest contribution from Katfriend Federica Pezza, who explores the legal framework governing Swiss origin claims in Switzerland and the EU. Ceci n’est pas du Gruyère: Swiss origin claims and how to deal with them by Federica Pezza Switzerland means luxury watches, chocolate and cows, fondue...

• The ECtHR’s Climate Jurisprudence in 2025: Grappling with Fossil Fuels, Rejecting Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, and Still no Victim Status

  A Year of Climate Rulings Handing down no less than five climate rulings in 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (“the ECtHR”) has been busy deciding the backlog of cases it had adjourned in 2023, while it dealt with three other climate cases pending before the Grand Chamber at that time (Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz...

• [Guest Post] What the Inari vs. Corteva case really tells us about enablement of plant inventions

  The IPKat has received and is pleased to host this guest contribution from Dr. Michael A. Kock (Dr.rer.nat., Dr. jur European Patent Attorney, Swiss Patent Attorney; dr.kock consulting, Basel, Switzerland; Senior Vice President and Innovation Catalyst, Inari). He looks more closely at the Inari v. Corteva case in the United States to clarify the significance of...

• Pérez-Llorca advises Impag on Comindex acquisition

  Pérez-Llorca has advised Impag Group on the acquisition of Spanish company Comindex. With this transaction, Impag Group continues its strategy of growth and targeted expansion across Europe. The transaction was signed in December 2025, and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. Impag Group, headquartered in Zurich...

• 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...

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• Occupy Switzerland?: European Court of Human Rights Finds A Violation of Free Association Rights of RHINO

  RHINO – – – an acronym for two alternative French slogans, translated as “Vacant buildings inhabited again” and “Let’s carry on living in the buildings we occupy” – – – was an association established in Geneva, Switzerland in 1988.   After years of activities consistent with its slogans, including...

• 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...

• Using Emotional Intelligence Testing in Hiring

  A recent study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology confirmed that emotional intelligence can be a highly effective gauge for measuring an employee’s suitability. To meet that need, the researchers at the Universities of Geneva and Berne, Switzerland, developed assessments for employers...

• Switzerland Narrowly Rejects Novel ‘Responsible Business Initiative’ on Multinational Corporation Environmental- and Human Rights-Based Liability

  On November 29, Voters in Switzerland narrowly rejected the “Responsible Business Initiative” (RBI), which would have extended liability to multinational corporations and their subsidiaries and suppliers for noncompliance with international environmental and human rights standards, not just in...

• Swiss checks find contaminated fruit salads

  Listeria and coagulase-positive Staphylococci have been found during inspections of fruit salads in Switzerland, according to the Swiss Association of Cantonal Chemists (ACCS). Cantonal chemists analyzed the microbiological quality of fruit salads by taking 205 samples.                              ...

• Swiss voters reject proposed tax on super rich

  [Special thanks to Joel C. Dobris (Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law) for bringing this article to my attention.] Switzerland on Sunday overwhelmingly rejected a proposed 50% tax on inherited fortunes of 50 million Swiss francs ($62 million) or more, with 78% of votes against the plan, an...

• Asset Search News Roundup: October 25, 2011

  Interdicting assets parked in Switzerland and forgeries– “Mubarak sons own assets worth $340 mln in Switzerland: official” examines the seizure of Mubarak family assets at Swiss banks.  Legal remedies for seizing assets in Switzerland range from criminal law tools to civil attachment.  Articles...

• Dance Your PhD!

  From Science this week, here’s the lead in to the story: “When Florence Metz turned in her Ph.D. thesis on water protection policy this year at the University of Bern in Switzerland, she thought her work was done. But then a friend sent her an email with congratulations and an order: “Dance your Ph....

• 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...