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Blowing The Whistle On CAS: The CJEU's RFC Seraing v. FIFA Decision

The decision strikes at the heart of the long-standing tension between the autonomy of sports governing bodies and the primacy of EU law.

Switzerland Litigation

Aceris Law

Negotiating Media Rights Agreements In Sports Part 1: The Kick-Off (Podcast)

This mini-series, part of our sports law blog, looks at negotiating media rights contracts in the sports business. If a rights holder wants to market their media rights, they need to set the right course from the outset...

Switzerland Media & IT

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Vischer AG

The International Gambling Laws & Regulations Review 2025/2026

Since 1 January 2019, casino games, lotteries, sports betting and skill games have been regulated by the Money Gaming Act ("MGA") and the Ordinance on Money Games ("MGO").

Switzerland Media & IT

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MME

Centralization Of Sports Rights Part 2: Opportunities, Risks, And Regulatory Hurdles

In part 1 of this article, which describes the procedure for a proposed bundling of sports rights, we provided an initial overview and clarified which sports rights can reasonably be considered for centralization.

Switzerland Media & IT

VA

Vischer AG

Centralization Of Sports Rights - Part 1: An Initial Legal Overview (Podcast)

Switzerland Media & IT

VA

Vischer AG

Sports Law 2025

Switzerland Media & IT

BK

Bär & Karrer

La dottrina del Field of Play: Pilastro della lex sportiva o ragione d'incertezza giuridica?

Worldwide Media & IT

BK

Bär & Karrer

Introduction To Horse Purchase Agreement: EU-Swiss Crossborder Cases

European Union Media & IT

LL

LINDEMANNLAW

Sports Law 2024

Switzerland Media & IT

BK

Bär & Karrer

Navigating Football Transfers In Switzerland: More Than Just A Game

Switzerland Media & IT

WV

Wenger Vieli AG

Part 11: Fair Play With AI: How Sports Organisations May Use Athlete Data

Switzerland Media & IT

VA

Vischer AG

Geneva Insights - December-January 2023

European Union Government

AG

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New FIFA Football Agent Regulations

Switzerland Media & IT

A

Altenburger

The Intersection Between Human Rights And Sports Law – Semenya v. Switzerland

Switzerland Government

Sa

Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Avoiding Pathological Arbitration Clauses: Do's And Don'ts For In-House Counsel

Switzerland Litigation

Aceris Law

NEWSLETTER Du 14 Juillet Au 25 Juillet 2025 | N° 109

Switzerland Criminal

MB

Monfrini Bitton Klein

Swiss Council Backs Stronger IP Protection Against "AI Misuse"

SW

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

AIFMD In The EU: Scope, Compliance & Alternative Structures

Switzerland Finance

LL

LINDEMANNLAW

Country Comparative Guides 2025: Environmental, Social And Governance

Switzerland Environment

LL

Loyens & Loeff

Sports Law 2023

Under Swiss law, using or applying prohibited substances per se is not a criminal offence for the athlete using or applying the substances.

Switzerland Media & IT

BK

Bär & Karrer

Sports Law 2022

Under Swiss law, using or applying prohibited substances per se is not a criminal offence for the athlete using or applying the substances.

Switzerland Media & IT

BK

Bär & Karrer

Sports Law 2021

Under Swiss law, using or applying prohibited substances per se is not a criminal offence for the athlete using or applying the substances.

Switzerland Media & IT

BK

Bär & Karrer

Country-Specific Brexit Information

UK nationals who have been legally living in Switzerland before December 31, 2020 when the UK withdraws from the EU may continue to live, study, and work in Switzerland through rights established

Switzerland Immigration

EG

Envoy Global, Inc.

Bernie Hits E-commerce And The Right Of Withdrawal

Switzerland Media & IT

LP

Logan & Partners

CAS Procedures Compatible With Right To A Fair Trial Except For Refusal Of Public Hearing (European Court Of Human Rights)

Switzerland Litigation

SW

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Challenge Against CAS Award Dismissed In A Professional Football Player's Employment-Related Dispute (Swiss Supreme Court)

Switzerland Litigation

SW

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Swiss Supreme Court Dismisses Two Separate Challenges Against A CAS Award In Cameroonian Football Federation Saga

Switzerland Litigation

SW

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Doping - Legalize It!

Switzerland Media & IT

RA

Rihm Attorneys

The Independence Of CAS Confirmed

Switzerland Media & IT

TR

Thouvenin Rechtsanwalte

CAS Decision Overturned By The Swiss Federal Supreme Court

Switzerland Litigation

MM

MLL Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Froriep Ltd

Freispruch für das Doping!

Worldwide Media & IT

RA

Rihm Attorneys

Swiss Supreme Court Confirms CAS' Four Year FIFA Ban For Michel Platini

Switzerland Litigation

RA

Rihm Attorneys

Taxation Of Entertainers And Sportspersons Performing Abroad

Switzerland Tax

BK

Bär & Karrer

CAS Decision Overturned By The Swiss Federal Supreme Court

Extraordinary victory for football player Ezequiel Matias Schelotto achieved. Dr. Lucien W. Valloni and Davide Colacino successfully represented the football player Ezeqiuel Matias ...

Switzerland Litigation

MM

MLL Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Froriep Ltd

Freispruch für das Doping!

Die heutige Dopingpolitik mit ihrer angeblichen Sorge um die Gesundheitsgefährdung von Spitzensportlern ist von Widersprüchen geprägt und möglicherweise verfassungswidrig.

Worldwide Media & IT

RA

Rihm Attorneys

Swiss Supreme Court Confirms CAS' Four Year FIFA Ban For Michel Platini

The Swiss Supreme Court dismissed on June 29, 2017, a complaint by Michel Platini against a decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne.

Switzerland Litigation

RA

Rihm Attorneys

Taxation Of Entertainers And Sportspersons Performing Abroad

Due to its central position within Europe, the high general standard of life, an excellent health-care system and a positive attitude towards sports, arts and culture, Switzerland...

Switzerland Tax

BK

Bär & Karrer

HIV Infection And Contracts With Football Players

Switzerland Media & IT

BK

Bär & Karrer

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Bernie Hits E-commerce And The Right Of Withdrawal

LP

Logan & Partners

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