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    Topics: Dispute Resolution 

    Challenging and Enforcing Arbitration Awards in Switzerland – GAR's 2020 Publication

    FRORIEP's arbitration team has recently published the Switzerland Chapter of the 2020 Global Arbitration Review's publication on Challenging and Enforcing Arbitration Awards. You have received an arbitral award and need to know the next steps to challenge or enforce it in Switzerland? This publication is your go-to kit to identify and understand the key issues in Switzerland pertaining to the challenge and enforcement of arbitral awards.
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    Topics: Employment & Immigration 

    COVID-19: What Employers Need to Consider When Employees Return to the Workplace - Protective Measures, Continued Salary Payments, Dismissals

    The coronavirus pandemic continues to dominate our everyday lives. The Federal Council is now gradually beginning to ease measures and lift bans. Since 27 April 2020, certain industries are allowed to reopen their businesses. From 11 May 2020, shops, restaurants, markets, museums and libraries may also reopen under strict compliance with distance and hygiene measures. This raises a number of questions for employers. Some of them will be discussed briefly here.
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    7 May 2020 | Cornelia Mattig | Nicola Benz
    Topics: Technology  Artificial Intelligence 

    The EU White Paper on Artificial Intelligence – What Does It Mean for AI Developers?

    Artificial Intelligence («AI») has and will continue to have an increasing impact on our everyday lives. Although AI in general is only at its inception phase, when it comes to medicine it already has a track record in particular in terms of pattern recognition. The application of machine learning systems may even help to develop and fight the current Covid-19 crisis. At the same time, this adds to the need to find out how AI should be addressed from a legal perspective, which the European Union («EU») White Paper on Artificial Intelligence intends to outline.
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    Topics: Corporate & M&A  Banking & Finance  Insolvency & Restructuring  Financial Services 

    Measures to Assist Swiss Companies During COVID-19: A New Temporary Insolvency and Restructuring Regime

    On 16 April 2020, the Federal Council passed a special ordinance in relation to the Swiss insolvency and restructuring regime to protect companies who ran into financial difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic (the COVID-19 Insolvency Ordinance). The COVID-19 Insolvency Ordinance entered into force on 20 April 2020 and will remain effective for a period of six months.
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