In today's world of work, where innovation and creativity play an increasingly important role, numerous legal issues arise regarding the ownership of new inventions and designs created by employees during their employment.
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The new Motor Vehicle Ordinance came into force on January 1, 2024. It promises more effective competition law control of vertical agreements in the motor vehicle sector. This article explains who can benefit from this regulation and what requirements must be met.
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Applications of AI solutions in law firms are therefore becoming increasingly widespread, both with regard to the actual activities of lawyers and internal law firm processes. The following article outlines the special considerations that should be taken into account.
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The canton of Zurich is striving to become an international leader among foundation locations, which is why it is relaxing the conditions for tax exemption. To this end, the Zurich Cantonal Tax Office has changed its practice.
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Following the codification and standardization of civil procedural law throughout Switzerland on 1 January 2011, the practicality and enforcement of the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) is now to be improved after a decade of experience.
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Philalia AG* and Wicki Partners AG are pleased to announce a partnership focused on supporting the philanthropic sector. This collaboration combines Philalia's expertise in the philanthropic ecosystem with Wicki Partners' legal knowledge to support social change initiatives.
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All persons who live or work in Switzerland must pay AHV contributions from January 1 after they reach the age of 20 until they reach retirement age. This occasionally leads to confusion if a person lives in Switzerland and works for an employer who is not based in Switzerland.
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The majority of Swiss stock corporations have structured their shares as registered shares. The requirements for a legally valid transfer of such registered shares are unknown to many company managers. As a result, shares are regularly transferred incorrectly in practice.
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Last week, our valued partner Capacity celebrated the graduation ceremony and pitch party of the graduates of the Entrepreneurship Program 2023. In an entertaining, inspiring and motivating evening, the entrepreneurs presented their business ideas and the Capacity community talked about the transformation of the association.
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In order to strengthen Switzerland as a foundation location, Parliament decided to revise Swiss foundation law under the title "Strengthening Switzerland as a foundation location". The changes will come into force on January 1, 2024.
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If business is good and you want your company to grow, there is often no way around hiring your first employees. If you are planning to take this step, it is important that you are aware in advance of what needs to be considered in this context. This article provides you with an overview and shows you who you can contact with specific questions.
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Attorney at Law and IT Law Specialist Sven Kohlmeier was one of the participants who gathered in the lecture hall of the University of Zurich on October 26, 2023 to hear how the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner Dr. Adrian Lobsiger positions himself some 2 months after the new Swiss Data Protection Act came into force.
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The 2023 Procurement Conference had a lot to offer under the motto "Everything new? The changing world of procurement": Cloud Service, Data Protection, AI and Sustainability. As a speaker, our lawyer and specialist attorney for IT law (DE) Sven Kohlmeier provided insight into the procurement of AI for public administration and institutions.
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When not only one's own life but also that of one's children is shared on social networks, this is called "sharenting. The term is made up of the English words "parenting" and "to share. This article deals with the right to one's own image of children and the phenomenon of sharenting.
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In the current environment of rising prices, positive interest rates and geopolitical volatility, companies are increasingly looking for ways to shorten process and supply chains without losing touch with new technologies and market trends. This will increase the importance of the human factor in future transactions: Wherever human knowledge and creativity form the core of the transaction, labor law issues will become more relevant in the context of transactional M&A advice.
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In its ruling of 5 January 2022(4A_330/2021), the Federal Supreme Court overturned a ruling of the Commercial Court of the Canton of Aargau and dismissed the action brought by an establishment (restaurant and bar) against an insurance company.
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Swiss chattel mortgage law has remained essentially unchanged since the Civil Code came into force in 1912. More than practically any other legal system, it emphasises the 'Faust principle': this principle stipulates that security interests in movable property can only be validly created if the collateral provider gives up possession of the property.
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MLaw Kim Nguyen, trainee lawyer at Wicki Partners AG, co-authored the article "Der Wechsel vom Konkursverfahren in ein Nachlassverfahren nach der Konkurseröffnung - sanieren, was saniert werden kann", which will be published in the October issue of 'Aktuelle Juristische Praxis (AJP/PJA)'.
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Wicki Partners AG has again been awarded five stars as a Top Law Firm 2021. We are delighted to have been awarded the highest rating of five stars by BILANZ again this year as a Top Law Firm 2021.
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The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA has granted BX Swiss Ltd and SIX Echange Regulation Ltd authorisation as prospectus review authorities as of 1 June 2020...
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