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Referendum on Executive Pay (March 27, 2013) by Edith Palmer

On Sunday, March 3, 2013, the Swiss people voted for a popular initiative to limit executive pay. Voter participation was over ...

Topic: Corporations
Jurisdiction: Switzerland

Burqa Ban Voted Down (October 01, 2012) by Constance Johnson

On September 28, 2012, the National Council, the lower house of the Swiss Parliament, voted down, by a narrow margin, a ...

Topic: Women
Jurisdiction: Switzerland

Court Decision in Privacy Violation Case Partially Favorable to Google (June 15, 2012) by Wendy Zeldin

On June 8, 2012, Switzerland's Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgericht) announced that it had partially upheld Google's appeal in a case involving ...

Topic: Communications and electronic information
Jurisdiction: Switzerland

Military Conscription (October 05, 2011) by Edith Palmer

On October 3, 2011, the Federal Commission for Childhood and Youth Issues (Eidgenössische Kommission für Kinder- und Jugendfragen (last visited ...

Topic: Military
Jurisdiction: Switzerland

Controversial Referendum on Automatic Expulsion of Foreign Residents Convicted of Crimes (December 03, 2010) by Wendy Zeldin

On November 28, 2010, Swiss voters supported an initiative launched by the far-right Swiss People's Party (SVP) to automatically expel any ...

Topic: Criminal law and procedure
Jurisdiction: Switzerland

Fees for Exchange of Tax Information Proposed (October 21, 2010) by Edith Palmer

On October 18, 2010, the Finance Committee of the National Council (Nationalrat), the representative chamber of the Swiss bicameral Parliament, submitted ...

Topic: Taxation
Jurisdiction: Switzerland

Decriminalization of Narcotics Consumption Proposed (October 20, 2010) by Edith Palmer

On October, 15, 2010, the Committee for Social Security and Health of the National Council (Nationalrat), the representative chamber of the ...

Topic: Narcotics and drug abuse
Jurisdiction: Switzerland

Against ISO over Request for Country Name Change Declined (September 13, 2010) by Wendy Zeldin

The Swiss Federal Tribunal (Switzerland's Supreme Court), in Lausanne, issued a ruling on September 9, 2010, declining to handle on appeal ...

Topic: International law
Jurisdiction: Switzerland / Taiwan

Exchange of Tax Information (September 03, 2010) by Edith Palmer

On September 1, 2010, the Swiss Federal Council (Bundesrat, Federal Cabinet) adopted the Regulation on Administrative Assistance Accorded to Double Taxation ...

Topic: Taxation
Jurisdiction: Switzerland

Federal Procedural Laws Enacted (August 25, 2010) by Edith Palmer

On January 1, 2011, several federal procedural laws will become effective in Switzerland. These will replace the corresponding laws of ...

Topic: Courts
Jurisdiction: Switzerland

Parliament Passes Agreement with United States on UBS (June 23, 2010) by Wendy Zeldin

On June 15, 2010, the National Council, Switzerland's lower house of parliament, reversed its initial, June 8 rejection of the deal ...

Topic: Banks and financial institutions
Jurisdiction: Switzerland

Court Decision Denies Release of UBS Bank Records to the IRS (January 29, 2010) by Edith Palmer

On January 21, 2010, the Swiss Administrative Court rescinded a decision of the Swiss Federal Tax Administration that would have released ...

Topic: Banks and financial institutions
Jurisdiction: Switzerland

New Law Encourages Multilingual Culture (January 19, 2010) by Edith Palmer

On January 1, 2010, a new Swiss law went into effect that aims at preserving the multilingual culture of Switzerland. (Bundesgesetz ...

Topic: Languages
Jurisdiction: Switzerland

Federal Administrative Court Chastises Financial Markets Authority for Releasing UBS Records to IRS (January 08, 2010) by Edith Palmer

On January 5, 2010, the Federal Administrative Court issued a judgment in which it held that the Swiss Financial Markets Supervisory ...

Topic: Banks and financial institutions
Jurisdiction: Switzerland

Information on Tax Evasion (December 04, 2009) by Edith Palmer

On November 17, 2009, the Swiss Federal Authorities gave a progress report on the processing of U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ...

Topic: Taxation
Jurisdiction: Switzerland

Referendum Bans Minarets (December 04, 2009) by Edith Palmer

On November 29, 2009, the Swiss people approved a popular initiative that inserts into the Federal Constitution a new article 72, ...

Topic: Constitutional law
Jurisdiction: Switzerland

Exchange of Bank Information for Tax Purposes (June 25, 2009) by Nicole Atwill

On June 12, 2009, France and Switzerland agreed to amend their existing bilateral tax treaty by adding a provision that allows ...

Topic: Taxation
Jurisdiction: France / Switzerland

Census (April 01, 2009) by Edith Palmer

On January 20, 2009, Switzerland promulgated a Census Regulation that became effective on February 1 (Volkszählungsverordnung, Dec. 19, 2008, Amtliche Sammlung ...

Topic: Census
Jurisdiction: Switzerland

Child Pornography (March 31, 2009) by Edith Palmer

On February 3, 2009, Switzerland promulgated an amendment to the Constitution that abolishes any statutory limitation of actions for pornographic or ...

Topic: Constitutional law
Jurisdiction: Switzerland

Succession of Cabinet Members (March 31, 2009) by Edith Palmer

On January 21, 2009, Switzerland promulgated a Reform Act to the Parliamentary Act (Bundesgesetz über die Bundesversammlung (Parlamentsgesetz) Änderung, Oct. 3, ...

Topic: Government organization
Jurisdiction: Switzerland

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Last updated: March 27, 2013