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Jürg Schneider

Federal Council offers financial assistance to online media

Tech, Data, Telecoms & Media - Switzerland
Walder Wyss

In view of the media industry's ostensibly democratic and political role, the Federal Council has decided to adopt effective and feasible support measures.

Andreas Wildi

New measures to combat rising costs in public healthcare sector

Healthcare & Life Sciences - Switzerland
Walder Wyss

The Federal Council recently adopted new measures to combat rising costs in the public healthcare sector.

Harriet Evans

Subjective expectation versus objective intention: when will terms be implied into contracts?

Litigation - United Kingdom
RPC

The High Court recently implied a term into a contract for the sale of government global depositary notes by Lehman Brothers International (Europe) in order to make the contract workable.

Cristina Tudoras

Directors' confidentiality obligations

Company & Commercial - Romania
Schoenherr

Under Romanian law, the scope and duration of a director's confidentiality obligations must be agreed in the mandate agreement to be concluded between the director and their company.

Daniel R Zuccherino

Trademark rights and comparative advertising

Intellectual Property - Argentina
Obligado & Cia

Since the Trademark Law reserves the right to use a trademark for the mark's owner, legal scholars in Argentina have long debated whether the use of trademarks in comparative advertising is permitted.

Marcel Meinhardt

ComCo reduces antitrust fines due to damages compensation paid to cartel victims

Competition & Antitrust - Switzerland
Lenz & Staehelin

The Competition Commission (ComCo) recently closed its investigations into bid rigging in the construction industry and issued fines of Sfr11 million, an amount which would have been much higher had the commission not deducted the damages compensation paid by the cartelists to the victims from its claims.

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Three’s a crowd? Third-party arbitration funding

Arbitration & ADR / Canada, Cyprus, Greece, India, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom

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Uber-complex: regulating ride-hail services

Shipping & Transport / Finland, USA

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Competition and antitrust in the digital age

Competition & Antitrust / Bulgaria, Czech Republic, European Union, Hungary, Mexico, Pakistan, Poland, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey