The Master thesis written by our trainee Umut Akdas entitled "Untersuchungsbeauftragte der EBK, unter Beachtung der Änderungen nach FINMAG" has been included in the database „Magister“ by Weblaw.

The Master thesis can also be found under the navigationpoint “Publications”.

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Raphaël Schaer and Joël Vuilleumier attended on 6th May 2010 the "Forum sur l'implantation en Suisse" organised by the Chamber of commerce France-Switzerland (CFSCI), the Centre d'Accueil Economique Régional du district de Porrentruy (CAER) as well as the Promotion Economique de la République et Canton du Jura in Boncourt.

The lecture of Joël Vuilleumier entitled "Comment réussir son implantation en Suisse? Modalités de création d'une société de capitaux" can be found under the navigationpoint "Lectures".

All lectures held on the seminar can be found under the following link:

www.cfsci.ch/pdf/Event/Boncourt_060510.pdf

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Since 1^st mai 2010 it is not permitted to smoke in closed public rooms as well as at workplaces on Swiss territory.

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The federal council has fixed the coming into force of the federal criminal procedure code, the federal criminal procedure code relating to minors and the federal civil procedure code on the 1^st January 2011.

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The Swiss Federal Council has implemented the new article 111 ZGB about the abrogation of the two months period of reflection in case of a common desire for divorce starting 1^st February 2010.

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In a series of six articles, Benjamin Dürig informs on traps in tenancy law as experienced by landlords. The sixth part has been published in the latest issue of immobilia by the Swiss Real Estate Association (SVIT).