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Gewährleistung bei vernetzten Geräten

The networking of devices leads to new legal issues. The following article examines how contracts around networked devices are legally classified. In particular, it will be examined whether the classical warranty rights of sales and works contract law are sufficient to adequately protect the needs of individual users.

Sharing Economy: Zur sozialversicherungsrechtlichen Beurteilung von ­Plattform-Beschäftigten

Driven by digitalisation and the Sharing Economy, the way in which work is performed is changing. Platforms that provide work or carry it out themselves are becoming increasingly important, as are the associated unresolved legal issues. From the perspective of social security law, the question arises as to whether platform workers are self-employed or employed by platforms. Since all platforms…

Der Verfügbarkeits-Service Level bei Cloud- und anderen IT-Outsourcingverhältnissen

In the context of IT outsourcing and cloud relationships, it is customary to agree on performance quality parameters, so-called service levels. These regularly form part of the description of the services to be rendered by the provider. Consequently, service provision in accordance with the service levels at the same time is due fulfillment of the provider’s contractual obligations. One of the…

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…

Europareport

Am 18. Juni 2019 entschied der Europäische Gerichtshof (EuGH) in dem politisch bedeutsamen Vertragsverletzungsverfahren der Republik Österreich gegen die Einführung einer PKW-Maut für die Nutzung deutscher Bundesfernstrassen.

Die Praxis des Jahres 2018 im Übernahmerecht

Im Jahr 2018 erliess die Übernahmekommission (UEK) in 16 Verfahren insgesamt 24 Verfügungen. Dabei betrafen fünf Verfahren öffentliche Übernahmeangebote. Mit ei­nem Transaktionswert von knapp CHF 443 Mio. stellte die Übernahme der Hügli Holding AG das bedeutendste öffentliche Übernahmeangebot des Jahres dar. Wertmässig im Mittelfeld bewegten sich das Angebot an die Aktionäre der Goldbach Group AG…

Widerrufbarkeit von Gestaltungsrechten

Die A. AG (Beschwerdeführerin) hat mit dem Ehepaar B. (Beschwerdegegner) einen Vertrag über die schlüsselfertige Erstellung und die Übertragung des Eigentums an einer Stockwerkeigentumswohnung…

«Exit» aus der Nachlassstundung nach erfolgreicher Sanierung – ­Erste Erkenntnisse zum neuen Art. 296a SchKG

Under Swiss insolvency laws, companies in financial distress aiming at a restructuring rather than a winding-up can opt for a debt-restructuring moratorium (Nachlassstundung) as an alternative to bankruptcy proceedings. While composition proceedings are significantly less frequent in practice than formal bankruptcy proceedings, they are often used by major companies with numerous employees and a…

Anspruch auf Sicherstellung bei Kapitalherabsetzung und Liquidation

The article analyses the creditor’s right to ask for his/her claim to be secured in the procedures of capital ­decrease and liquidation. The strict and very similar rules in both procedures aim to protect the creditors. The authors conclude that a creditor’s right to ask for security shall be subject to the same requirements in both procedures. In this article, the authors state the following: (i…

Transparenz von Aktionärbindungsverträgen und Gesellschafte­r­bindungsverträgen in Kapitalgesellschaften

A shareholders’ or members’ agreement is a contract concluded by some or all shareholders or members of a company, eventually with the involvement of the company itself, in order to arrange their legal position complementary to or differing from the relevant company law framework. Although dogmatically diverging, the contractual provisions and company law norms often form a unity. However,…