The EU Commission has imposed the highest fine ever on a single company for alleged abuse of its market power. The case against Google was initiated seven years ago when competitors complained. Google favoured its own shopping platform 'Google Shopping' over other shopping platforms and abused its monopoly on price comparison services. Google now [...]
The Cantonal court Basel-Landschaft has criticised the public prosecutor's office for not properly investigating the Beqiri case. Specifically, it involved a witness who contacted the police and reported a planned assassination attempt on kickboxing multiple world champion Shemsi Beqiri . The Cantonal court concluded that the public prosecutor's office did not use the necessary [...]
Dr Jascha Schneider-Marfels represents Tamedia and the Swiss Media Association before the Federal Court in the case of Admeira v. SRG (see also BVerG A-1703/2016). He has recently published on this topic in the trade journal‘Medialex‘. In his article, he presents the current status of the process and the discussion. Further Dr. Jascha Schneider-Marfels [...]
The ‘Kleinreport’, an independent media service of the Swiss communications industry, has featured our new website. The conclusion is that lawyer’s advertising doesn't always have to be stuffy. Another topic is the permitted advertising threshold limit for lawyers. Read the whole text here.
The Hirschmann case continues to occupy the courts. In a recent decision , the Federal Supreme Court decided in favour of a complaint brought by Carl Hirschmann against ‘20 Minuten’ or ‘Tamedia’ over long distances. The decision was overturned for reassessment by the Zurich Commercial Court. From the aspect of profit distribution in particular, [...]
A spin-off tradesperson business may, under certain circumstances, refer to previous references when submitting tenders. The Appellate Court of the City of Basel found the Building and Transport Department’s practice to be too strict and reprimanded it. However, the details of the spin-off should be fully disclosed to the Authority. According to the judges, [...]
A spouse who quits his job to pay less maintenance does not deserve legal protection. The Federal Court rejected the reduction of maintenance payments under such circumstances. A spouse shall use his or her earning potential in good faith. In the case before us from the canton of Basel-Stadt, the husband resigned of his [...]
A new maintenance law has been in force in Switzerland since 1 January 2017. The revised law (ZGB) is intended to put children of unmarried parents on an equal footing with those of married parents. Maintenance is owed to the child and is divided into cash and childcare maintenance. Cash maintenance is based on [...]
The legal profession is in a state of change. The four founders of ‘Balex’, Christian Eich, Pascal Berger, Tobias Treyer and Jascha Schneider-Marfels have therefore decided to transform the firm into a public limited company over the coming months. In this way, specialized knowledge can be better networked and clients can be offered optimized [...]
A user on Facebook entered a Like for a defamatory post, commented on it and shared it. The District Court of Zurich sentenced him to a conditional fine of CHF 4,000.00 for multiple defamations (of character), with a probationary period of two years. The ruling is not yet final. The defendant described an animal [...]