Question juridique clé
Whether the administrative appeal was admissible under the new Lawyers Act despite the conduct partly predating its entry into force.
Solution extraite
Yes. Because the case had intertemporal elements and the new federal law had to be considered under lex mitior, the administrative appeal was available.
Motifs extraits
The Federal Lawyers Act fully governs professional rules and disciplinary law; in intertemporal cases the final cantonal disciplinary decision may be challenged by administrative appeal, even if the sanction may ultimately be governed by the older cantonal law.