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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

Entscheidbesprechungen discussions d’arrêts actuels

  • Froriep Renggli
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  • Switzerland
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  • August 9 2012

A. A. Y. (Beschwerdegegnerin 1, Klägerin 1) und B. Y. (Beschwerdegegner 2, Kläger 2) unterhalten bzw. unterhielten bei der Bank X. AG (Beschwerdeführerin, Beklagte) Konto- und Depotbeziehungen

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

Swiss Authority reprimands HSBC for data breach

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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  • Switzerland
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  • March 12 2011

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has reprimanded HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA for "deficiencies in its internal organization and IT controls that resulted in a serious breach of the bank's licensing requirements."

HSBC reports information of 24,000 account holders stolen

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
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  • France, Switzerland
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  • March 11 2010

The AP is reporting that Customers having Swiss bank accounts with HSBC between late 2006 and early 2007 had their account information stolen by a former IT employee of an HSBC subsidiary

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