Frank Jordans

June 15, 2010 | Law.com

Swiss lawmakers have signaled their willingness to compromise in a long-running dispute over whether to give the United States files on thousands of suspected American tax cheats. The votes of the left-wing Social Democratic Party and nationalist Swiss People's Party were enough last week to block approval of a deal that the Swiss government had hoped would end the threat of prosecution looming over Swiss bank UBS AG if the country refuses to honor its agreement to hand over the names of 4,450 U.S. clients.

By Frank Jordans

4 minute read

July 13, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Roman Polanski was declared a free man on Monday after Switzerland rejected a U.S. request to extradite him to be sentenced for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl.

By Bradley S. Klapper and Frank Jordans

5 minute read

June 09, 2010 | Law.com

Switzerland's effort to end a tax-evasion dispute with Washington hit a major setback Tuesday when lawmakers blocked a treaty that would have seen the largest Swiss bank give U.S. authorities files on thousands of American clients. The Swiss government and Washington had painstakingly crafted the treaty last August to resolve a long-standing dispute over UBS AG's alleged role in aiding tax evasion, but Switzerland's lower house voted against the deal.

By Frank Jordans

5 minute read