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An American manufacturer and a South African importer entered into an agreement to import the manufacturer’s products to South Africa. Following long negotiations, the last remaining issue was what to do in the event of a dispute. The parties agreed that a quick and inexpensive solution in a neutral jurisdiction is required and hence opted […]

An article on the application of principles of the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) in the management of Court proceedings. The articles was written by Yair Aloni, Adv., a litigation partner in the office of Afik & Co. and a practitioner of BJJ since 2018.

An article on the employer identity of employees in a chain managed through franchise agreements - are franchisee employees also employees of the chain?

An article on the tests for piercing the corporate veil and attributing corporate debts to its shareholders. The article was written by Gilad Bar-Ami, Adv. of Afik & Co.

An article on the difference between a notarial cohabitation agreement and a prenuptial agreement. The article was written by Doron Afik, Esq. of Afik & Co.

Is there a personal liability of managers and shareholders to company debts to its employees? Under certain circumstances, as the Labor Courts determined, both controlling shareholders and managers may be liable for paying wages of employees (including pension contributions and other obligations to the employees). A well-known corporate rule, which is anchored in the Israeli […]

An article on prenuptial agreements versus wills and the ability of a prenuptial agreement to set instructions after the demise of one of the parties. The article was written by Doron Afik, Esq. of Afik & Co

An article on the finality of an arbitration proceedings and the ability to appeal thereupon or request its cancellation

An article dealing with the importance of proper drafting, by an experienced lawyer, of non disclosure agreements and the protection of intellectual property. The article was written by Doron Afik, Esq. of Afik & Co., Attorneys and Notary.

An article dealing with the intellectual property issues related to the NFT technology. The article was written by Adi Marcus, Adv. of Afik & Co., Attorneys and Notary.

The Covid-19 plague stormed into our lives about two years ago, shuffling the cards and forcing the global and local labor world to quickly adapt to many immediate changes in the forms of employment and employee management. Only time will tell whether the medical storm will also lead to a flood at the Labor Courts. […]

An article on hiring the work force as employees or freelancers. The article was written by Adv. Yaakov (Kobi) Ben Simon of Afik & Co.

An article on the issue of protecting the database of the business by proper employment agreements and the need for a labor law risk survey. The article was written by Doron Afik, Esq. of Afik & Co

An employer pays his employee’s wages at varying times: once by the 10th, but sometimes also on the 15th, or the 20th. On the first few times the employee is not “excited”, but after the fifth time, he “wakes up” and seeks to file a claim for holding back wages. But, then, it may be […]

An article on the question of whether a settlement agreement that includes a waiver of claims prevents the filing of a claim in a fraud case

An article on the importance of taking the correct measures when contracting a local authority, in order to avoid a later repudiation of the agreement and refusal to pay the consideration

An article on payment to employees for forced days of quarantine due to the Covid-19 epidemic and putting employees on unpaid leave during the Covid-19 period

An article on the ability of the Tenders Committee to cancel a tender after opening the bids and then launch a new tender. The article was written by Adv. Yair Aloni, from Afik & Co.

“Possession in nine tenth of the law”, but what happens when possession is given to a contractor performing a job for the owners of the property but later refuses to return it? Imagine a scenario where owners of apartments in an apartment building enter an agreement with a contractor for the purpose of doing construction […]

The average person opens his morning with coffee and a newspaper, or, to be precise, with Ynet or other Internet news-site, and a review of his Facebook “feed”. If he sees an interesting post, he sometimes responds to it with a “thumbs up” (Like), sometimes even casually sharing it. Ah, … but wait a minute… […]

An article in The Observer newspaper 5.5.1939 by Ze’ev Jabotinsky opens with the words: “Not every nation has its own national sport; and if there is, then the other nations soon come and learn it and immediately they start to play it, maybe better than the inventors themselves and by that it ceases to be […]

So, you met with some friends or family members and decided to set up a business together. Due to the existing relationship between the parties, you decided to not formalise the transaction (which sometimes takes time and delays the start of activity) rather just to start activity. Without a proper agreement between the parties, or […]

A person (e.g., Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu) invests a significant amount of Dollars in a “failed” American private company, with a significant discount on the share price, and after a few years sells his shares at a huge profit. In the same example, the Prime Minister (in an attempt to fight off public criticism) […]

A friend shared on Facebook a picture or a post with his opinion on an election candidate. With great enthusiasm and a light hand on the keyboard, you decided to press the “like” button or even share the post. Does this make you responsible to whomever might be hurt by the post? Every day we […]