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SubscribeRefusal of a signatory to sign documents thus freezing the company’s activity constitutes oppression
Business, Corporate and Joint Ventures
High-Tech and Technology
International Transactions and Dispute Resolution
An Israeli entrepreneur and a South American investor established a company in Uruguay that was held in equal parts among them for the development and commercialization of a patent in the field of security cameras and even obtained a distributor for the sale of the cameras. According to the shareholders’ agreement, the investor was appointed […]
An editor of a Facebook page is not necessarily liable for offensive comments that were posted to the page
High-Tech and Technology
Commercial, Banking and Financial
Dispute Resolution
The chairman of the Maccabi Sha’arim Football Association contended that the editors of the association’s Facebook page are liable to him because they did not prevent the posting of defamatory comments about him on the Facebook page, even if such were later removed. The Court held that the editors are not liable for defamation because […]
Liens imposed in an execution case will not be considered defamation
Commercial, Banking and Financial
Dispute Resolution
Privacy, GDPR, Confidentiality and protection of reputation
A bank imposed a lien on a former customer as part of collection procedures in which there was a small remaining debt of only ILS 1,500, after 3 years in which the customer did not receive any notice from the bank regarding the existence of the debt in the collection case. The client demanded compensation […]
When the board does not issue a death warrant against my father but kills him
Business, Corporate and Joint Ventures
Public Law, Environment and Tenders
Parentage, Surrogacy and Adoption
My father – David Afik – passed away from Corona in December, 2020, although he never contracted the virus. My father was executed at the age of 86 under a death sentence imposed on him by the Israeli government, even though it never took a decision to kill him. Au Contraire, the death sentence was […]
An employee of a company who also serves as its director is not entitled to overtime pay
Labor Law and Immigration
Business, Corporate and Joint Ventures
Dispute Resolution
A shareholder and director in a company was employed as the manager of a store owned by the company. As part of his work as the store manager, the employee also kept attendance records for the other employees but lacked to do so for himself. Following a dispute between the shareholders and revelations regarding a […]
A lessee may terminate a lease agreement if a hidden defect, that was not disclose to him, was discovered and it interferes the use
Real Estate
Dispute Resolution
A lessee terminated a lease agreement after discovering that there was an unusual and prolonged radiation problem in the apartment that was known to the lessors and was not disclosed to him. The Court accepted the lessee’s claim and held that it was entitled to terminate the agreement as it is the responsibility of a […]
A distributor does not acquire rights in a trademark merely by investment in the brand or creation of brand reputation in the territory
Copyright, Trademarks Media and Artists
Dispute Resolution
International Transactions and Dispute Resolution
A distributor of the Berkline furniture line in Israel has registered a trademark in its name pertaining to the products distributed. After the product manufacturer and brand owner overseas was acquired by a third party, the third party filed a motion to strike out the registered trademark. The Trademark Registrar held that the mark was […]
