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When commercial disputes arise, and certainly when international issues are involved, the manner in which they are handled may not only yield different results but also have a significant impact on both parties involved, with many times the legal cost of the proceeding being not only the fees paid but also the broad implications of the proceeding and its outcome.

On January 29, 2025, the Israeli Tax Authority issued clarifications on the taxation of investments made through a Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE); previous guidelines had been issued on May 16, 2023.

A very common clause in ongoing commercial agreements (e.

Sometimes, it seems that the entire world revolves around internet platforms and content creation and many businesses are investing on creating internet content as a way to enhance and develop their business channels.

A relatively young and generally healthy person has been diagnosed with a serious illness, his physical condition has deteriorated rapidly, and he has been diagnosed with a terminal illness.

Participating in a tender process can be a strategic and profitable step for businesses, but it requires strict compliance with the tender's guidelines and rules and compliance with the requirements of Israeli law.

An employee contends that another employee at her workplace sexually harassed her and that he, as well as manager of the employer badgered her due to her whistleblowing and demands compensation also from the employer even though the harassment was not committed with his employer’s approval or knowledge.

On November 21, 2024, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants against the Prime Minister of Israel at that time, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the former Israeli Minister of Defense, Yoav Galant, ludicrous warrants accusing the State of Israel, which was the victim of an attempted genocide by the Hamas terror organization on October 07 , 2023, in the same offense committed against it - similar to issuing an arrest warrant against a rape victim for assault of the rapist because she dared to resist and scratched the rapist - but also orders that prove the obvious: those who, instead of listening to their legal advisor and acting according to him instructions, prefer to attack him and the Court, may find themselves accused of things they never did.

The Government of Panama has approved a significant new regulation to its Panama Qualified Investor Visa (also known as the Golden Visa) through Decree 193, effective from October 15th, 2024.

A Filipino foreign worker in Israel filed a lawsuit claiming that he worked as a caretaker for a person who had a severe stroke for 16 years until the demise of his employer and he was employed 7 days a week, without receiving vacation or rest days.

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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An estate administrator claimed to return to the Estate Fund a real estate property of deceased that was given as a gift during her lifetime, claiming that she never agreed to give the apartment as a gift to the defendants and that the entire gift agreement was fraudulent and was made contrary to the deceased’s […]
A customer ordered from a company a unique custom-made pergola manufactured abroad. Despite repeated promises by the company manager for a year and four months, the pergola did not reach Israel, and the manager was demanded to repay the advance payment and personally pay damages. The Court accepted the claim and held that the manager’s […]
An energy engineering expert who assisted a company in preparing an application for a grant by an international fund for the implementation and development of a project, out of an interest in working on the project, demanded to receive about 80% of the funds received from the fund as part of the project. The Court […]