Haftpflichtrecht

Betrugsversuche im Zahlungsverkehr im digitalen Zeitalter

Money transfers have always been the target of fraudsters. For decades Swiss banks limited liability in their contracts with clients to intent and gross negligence. The Federal Supreme Court, however, often denied applying this broad liability exclusion. Today, banks usually commit themselves to verify the identification of the client with customary due diligence but also request from the client…

Selbstlernende Fahrzeuge – eine Haftungsanalyse

This article deals with legal issues concerning automated vehicles equipped with the power to learn. Specifically, questions of liability are to be addressed; firstly, liability for accidents involving automated vehicles and secondly, liability for deficient, automated vehicles under product liability law. The main goal of this article is to explore the impact of the automated vehicle’s learning…

Durchsetzungsordnung für Verantwortlichkeitsansprüche im Konkurs

Die SAirGroup in Nachlassliquidation (Klägerin) reichte am 27. Juni 2012 beim Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich eine Klage aus aktienrechtlicher ­Verantwortlichkeit gegen verschiedene ehemalige Organe der SAirGroup ein. Sie machte darin geltend, dass die SAirGroup in den letzten Wochen vor dem am 4. Oktober 2001 eingereichten Gesuch um Nachlassstundung noch verschiedene Zahlungen an Dritte…

Ist die aktienrechtliche Verantwortlichkeit noch zeitgemäss?

An analysis of the board members’ and directors’ liability law shows that its present form has significant deficits: Confronting board members with a liability excee­ding their individual risk capacity causes risk adversity and a crowding out effect within the pool of potential board members. In the light of these functional deficits, it does not come as a surprise that the track record of…