Palantir, the data analytics company chaired by Peter Thiel, loses a legal challenge in Zurich seeking to compel a Swiss independent investigative magazine to publish the firm’s responses to articles about how Switzerland rejected Palantir’s services. According to court coverage, Palantir and its Swiss subsidiary file requests for “counterstatements” after reporting that the magazine published material describing Swiss authorities’ rejection of Palantir’s approach.
In a ruling issued on Friday, Zurich’s commercial court dismisses the majority of Palantir’s counterstatement requests. The court finds that only one passage across the disputed articles meets the threshold that requires the magazine to publish a response. The decision means Palantir prevails on just a small portion of its claims, with the rest of the lawsuit rejected. The ruling reflects the court’s assessment of what parts of the magazine’s reporting warrant a published rebuttal under applicable Swiss rules on counterstatements.
