• Construction - Switzerland

  New case law regarding defect notice requirements

  In two recent decisions, the Federal Supreme Court has reaffirmed a number of rules regarding defect notices. While neither judgment overturned or modified existing precedent, the principles underlying the court's findings are of paramount importance for contracts governed by Swiss law.

• Employment & Labour - Luxembourg

  Employee's violent behaviour justified immediate dismissal

  The Labour Court has ruled that the dismissal with immediate effect of a security guard for aggressive and violent behaviour towards colleagues in the workplace was justified, despite the fact that the employee had over 10 years' service. It was likely that such behaviour from the plaintiff, in a role that required him to maintain his composure, would permanently and irreversibly weaken an employer's confidence in its employee.

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• $3.5 billion acquisition

  General Motors Corporation Andrews Kurth LLP - Mark S Solomon, Melinda Brunger, Jeff Dodd, Quentin Faust, Christopher Fenelon, Mark Harris, Thomas Popplewell, Lance Schuler, Sharon Ward
  AmeriCredit Corpoation Hunton & Williams LLP - Gregory J Schmitt, Douglas M Berman, Steven Leshin, Scott Austin, Jeffry Blair, Alan Amarcuis
  Leucadia National Corporation Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP - Andrea Bernstein
  The Special Committee of the Board of AmeriCredit Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP - Robert Dockery
  Morgan Stanley
  JP Morgan Securities Inc

• $3.2 billion merger

  Biovail Corporation Cravath Swaine & Moore - Erik R Tavzel, George E Zobitz, Michael L Schler, Eric W Hilfers, Karin DeMasi; Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP - David J Toswell, Stacy Mclean, Shlomi Feiner, Brian A Facey, Julie A Soloway, John M Tuzyk; Sullivan & Cromwell LLP - Alison S Ressler
  Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP - Stephen F Arcano, Jeffrey Brill, Robert Copen, David Rievman; Ogilvy Renault LLP - Gino Martel, Niko Veilleux, Miguel F Manzano, Denis Gascon, Derek Chiasson, Brian R Daley, George Maughan

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