Election day (whether it is elections for the Knesset, primaries, or municipal elections) is a democratic celebration, but it is important to remember that alongside it are important legal rules that apply not only to candidates and parties, but also to donors, guarantors, activists, and volunteers, and failure to comply with them can have severe consequences.
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While a lasting power of attorney ensures the well-being and the management of assets during a person's lifetime, a will takes effect after their passing.

The accelerated development of technology, the sweeping transition to cloud data storage and the use of software systems (SaaS), have created a point of friction between individual rights and the needs of criminal investigation, when law enforcement authorities demand that technology companies hand over client information stored on their servers.

As a person advances along the path of life (and not necessarily when reaching the "third age"), the desire arises to protect their assets and ensure the future of their relatives, alongside the fear of who will care for them if they lose their capacity.

In recent years, we have been witnessing a growing trend of Israeli investors directing their gaze and capital towards real estate markets in the Mediterranean basin countries, primarily Cyprus and Greece.

In the dynamic business world, successful public and private companies often find themselves targeted by investors or competing companies seeking to execute a hostile takeover.

A 39-year-old, founding partner in a startup company, flew for a weekend to a ski resort and one unfortunate slip sent him to intensive care and the company to a rapid crash course, as his absence prevented it from paying employees and suppliers or performing other material and urgent tasks.

Chile is undergoing a period of particular interest for the Israeli investor.

In June 2026, it was reported in the press that the CEO of the Stock Exchange is interested in purchasing, together with a partner, the ownership of the Hapoel Hadera football team, similar to other transactions in which private businessmen, Israelis or foreign residents, purchase Israeli teams, such as Mitchell Goldhar at Maccabi Tel Aviv, Alona Barkat at Hapoel Beer Sheva, Yaakov Shahar at Maccabi Haifa, Edmond Safra at Hapoel Tel Aviv, and Barak Abramov at Beitar Jerusalem.

The World Cup always reminds us that the football players' market is a global one.

In recent years, as real estate prices in Tel Aviv and throughout Israel reach peaks that make it difficult for many buyers, investors are looking for alternatives and turning to overseas investments.

Late at night, a bustling Tel Aviv bar, a young, normative man with no criminal record pushes another in the heat of the moment.
Latest Legal Updates
The condominium committee of an apartment hotel refused to approve a transfer of rights by virtue of its authority under the condominium bylaws, due to the purchaser’s behavior and an assessment of his unsuitability to the hotel’s rules. The Court rejected the purchaser’s claim and held that the condominium committee acted lawfully according...
Purchaser of a company’s operations and assets paid the previous owner and manager of the acquired company for his undertaking to refrain for 3 years from performing activities competing with the acquiring company’s operations. The Court held that this constitutes labor income, as it does not eliminate the recipient’s ability to resume earning...
A sole shareholder of a company that was voluntarily liquidated after never having engaged in business activity, sought to revive it. The underlying purpose of the proceeding was to utilize the company’s corporate seniority to meet threshold requirements and participate in construction tenders. The Court held that the conditions allowing for the cancellation...