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Swiss banks under fire for cross-border transfers of personnel information

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • Switzerland, USA
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  • October 18 2012

Employees' privacy rights and their protection in the cross-border transfer of data have been the subject of a significant controversy in Switzerland in the past couple of weeks

U.S. and Germany tighten screws on Swiss banks

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
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  • Germany, Switzerland, USA
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  • August 10 2012

The U.S. and Germany show no signs of relenting in their efforts to bring Swiss banks to heel

Recent developments for the fourth quarter 2011

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Canada, China, Denmark, European Union, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • March 15 2012

The end of the year and beginning of a new year is always a busy time for us, as it is for most of our clients

Encrypted Swiss bank files

  • Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP
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  • Switzerland, USA
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  • February 6 2012

The U.S. government continues to levy immense pressure on the Swiss banking system, and the Swiss banks, historically renowned for their secrecy, continue to show cracks

Latest Developments for Equity Compensation Plans

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Philippines, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA, Vietnam
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  • June 1 2010

This letter is from the Global Equity Services ("GES") group in San Francisco, Chicago and New

Swiss court declares transfers of banking data to U.S. authorities illegal

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • Switzerland, USA
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  • January 11 2010

On January 8, 2010, the Swiss Federal Administrative Court ("Bundesverwaltungsgericht") published a decision that declared the transfer of banking data to U.S. law enforcement authorities by the Swiss bank UBS to be illegal

IRS in discussions with Swiss bank UBS over identification of bank clients suspected of tax evasion

  • Foley Hoag LLP
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  • Switzerland, USA
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  • August 5 2009

On July 13, a federal judge in Miami granted a joint motion to stay an evidentiary hearing that was to be held as a result of a petition from the United States that the Swiss bank UBS be compelled to disclose the names of 52,000 American clients who were suspected of tax evasion

Switzerland authorizes safe harbor framework for personal data transfers to the United States

  • Jones Day
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  • Switzerland, USA
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  • April 9 2009

The new U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor Framework ("U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor"), effective February 16, 2009, facilitates transfer of personal data from companies in Switzerland to companies in the United States

Swiss-US Safe Harbor Framework signed

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • Switzerland, USA
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  • February 6 2009

On December 9, 2008, an exchange of letters was signed by the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) on the creation of a “Swiss-US Safe Harbor Framework”, which is comparable to the “EU-US Safe Harbor Framework”

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