Question juridique clé
Whether the federal administrative appeal was admissible despite the conduct predating the Federal Lawyers Act
Solution extraite
The appeal was admissible because disciplinary sanctions are now governed exhaustively by federal law, and lex mitior may apply by analogy in lawyer discipline.
Motifs extraits
The court held that procedural law applies to pending cases, but admissibility depends on whether the decision is materially based on federal law. Because the Federal Lawyers Act unified professional rules and sanctions, and the court had to compare old cantonal law with new federal law under lex mitior, the decision rested on federal law for purposes of appeal.