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A business employs foreign employees through a manpower placement agency that specializes in bringing foreign employees to Israel, whereby the placement agency not only provided the employee but also handled all issues related to the employee's employment, including the employee signing an agreement with it, payment to the employee (the contractor paid the placement agency every month and not the employee) and the issuance of a pay slip to the employee every month.

The word Abogado (pronounced similarly to ‘avocado’ in Hebrew) is the Spanish word for a lawyer.

On December 2024, the ground shook in the global crypto world.

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.
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A tenders committee chose two bidders as the winners of the tender even though the bank guarantee they submitted did not match the updated wording required in the framework of the clarification process. A bidder in the tender demanded that the decision of the tenders committee be revoked and to declare it as the winner […]
A local authority imposed foreclosures on accounts of a businessman due to erroneous fines that remain unpaid, even though he contacted it several times after receiving the fines and before the foreclosures were imposed. The Court accepted the lawsuit of the businessman for defamation. Defamation is something which publication is liable to: humiliate a person...
A grandson claimed to own an apartment, contended to have been given to him as a gift by his grandmother while she was still alive, in contrast to her will, in which she bequeathed the apartment to her daughter. The Court dismissed the claim because of unconscionability. Unconscionability is defined as an engagement that was […]