In 1970, a man transferred the shares in two companies to his children, but in practice he continued to manage the companies and withdraw the full dividends from them, which led to a divorce dispute that began in 2000 and ended after the demise of both spouses only by a Supreme Court of Israel ruling at the end of October, 2024, which stated that the shares actually belonged to the man and not to his children.
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It is a well-known fact that the digital currency market is a fertile ground for scams.
In October 2021, a number of Israeli databases were hacked, the best known of which was the database of the gay dating app, Atraf (the Israeli equivalent of Grindr, which took its place when it collapsed).
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As a startup nation, the issue of employee stock options plan (ESOP) in high-tech companies is not strange to the Israeli corporate world.
Employee options are an important tool for recruiting and rewarding employees as well as retention of employees - the company provides a cheap salary replacement for a company that prefers to use its resources for growth (and in a growth company, the options will be worth much more than cash payment) and at the same time, it is a very powerful tool for retention of employees and creating personal commitment by identifying with the interests of the company (the employee will lose the options or part thereof if he leaves and he has an interest in working better because he benefits from the company's growth).
In the classic film “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968), Hal9000, the artificial intelligence system contends: “No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information.
Almost any Israeli employer or employee is familiar with "Section 14" and employers usually ensure that employees sign an agreement to "Section 14" - a signature which since 2008 is redundant - but in practice, in many cases the conduct is not duly made and not only do conflicts arise when employees retire but when a company is sold, as part of the due diligence process, the budgetary "holes" are revealed and cause a significant decrease in value for the company.
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The Israeli Capital Investments Encouragement Law 1959 ("Law"), was enacted with the aim of encouraging capital investments and economic initiatives in such a manner that priority will be given to technological innovation through various tax benefits.
As of June 27, 2024, all companies in Israel are required to submit electronic reports to the Israeli Companies Registrar - ostensibly a technical amendment intended to perhaps save manpower at the Companies Registrar by removing the requirement to type in the manual forms, but in practice a significant change that may reduce the gross negligence in which a large number of companies in Israel conduct themselves.
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A public company entered into an employment agreement with an employee for the position of CEO. When in practice he was tasked with performing the duties of the previous CEO, president, and chairman of the company, while the compensation he was offered exceeded the maximum compensation set forth in the company’s remuneration policy but was […]
An attorney served as an external consultant to a local authority in a tender, provided, at the same time, services to one of the bidders in the tender. The Supreme Court held that the external consultant is in a state of conflict of interest. The conflict of interest rules extend not only over an action […]
A publication accompanied by photos in a community settlement’s WhatsApp group accused one of the residents of using public water and electricity resources to wash his private car without any permission. The publication did not mention the name of the person. The Court accepted the claim and deemed the publication defamation. Israeli law defines defamation...