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I am accused of breaching professional confidentiality.
The worker has a legal duty of loyalty and discretion (art. 321a CO). He must not disclose the trade secrets or business secrets of which he has knowledge during the duration of the lease agreement. This duty subsists even after the end of the lease agreement for trade secrets (art. 321a al. 4 CO). The…
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# Applicable Legal Provisions
- CO 321a — Duty of Diligence and Loyalty
- CO 321e — # Responsibility of the Worker
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Critical Deadlines
- Identification of covered information — immediate
- Formal notice to cease or to comply — in the 14 days following discovery (CO 321a / CO 321e)
- Deadline to cease/repair — I'm ready to translate Swiss legal text into English using your preferred glossary: - formal notice => formal notice - payment order => payment order - lease agreement => lease agreement However, I notice that the text to be translated only contains "30 days", which is a protected token placeholder with no actual content to translate. Please provide the actual Swiss legal text you would like me to translate, and I will apply your preferred glossary terms while preserving all protected tokens, URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders exactly as they appear.
- Civil action and criminal complaint — 3 years for civil action (CO 60); 3 months for criminal complaint (CO 321e / CP 162)
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