Key legal question
Whether the federal appeal was filed in time despite submission through German post
Extracted holding
The appeal was timely because it reached the Federal Supreme Court on 18 November 2010, before expiry of the deadline.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 48 para. 1 BGG, filing is timely if the submission reaches the court by the last day; the fact that it was handed to German rather than Swiss post did not prevent timely receipt.