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A lawyer was employed as a salaried employee in a law firm owned by her husband and the National Insurance Institute refused to pay maternity pay contending that she worked as an independent contractor, inter alia, because her salary as an employee significantly exceeded her husband’s profits, no employment contract was signed and no replacement […]

Following a radio interview on channel 103, in which Yossi Langotsky, the father of the deep-water gas field discoveries in the Mediterranean Sea, warned against deteriorating into civil war amidst the public debate, Channel 14 personality Yaakov Bardugo delivered a monologue that same evening accusing Langotsky of threatening violence, calling for his arrest, and referring […]

An agreement for the provision of furniture transport and assembly services existed between two companies, which either party was entitled to terminate with 60 days’ notice.  After several years, the transport company requested to replace the agreement with an engagement with a sister company but because the sister company required this in order to finance […]

Following the passing of the controlling shareholder in a family company, two-thirds of his shares passed to his heirs, while his partner, holding one-third of the shares, remained the sole director of the company.  When a dispute arose between the parties regarding the arrangement of the management structure in the company, the heirs, who had […]

A son was joined as a partner tohis parent’s bank account. And after their demise contended ownership of the funds in the account. The Court held that adding the son to the account was done solely for convenience and without the intention of granting him the funds as a gift.  The Israeli Gift Law and […]

Channel 14 host – Ynon Magal – contended during a live broadcast that Guy Pelege – a well-known journalist – did not serve in the IDF, or alternatively, was discharged after two days, whereas in fact, the journalist completed a full and lengthy mandatory and reserve military service. The Court partially accepted the lawsuit and […]

A manager of a startup company sought to terminate the employment of the company’s human resources manager due to professional disagreements.  In an attempt to smooth things out between them, the two held a personal conversation in which the manager shared his sexual orientation with the employee, as part of a personal conversation. The National […]

A public company sought to reach an arrangement with warrant holders to extend their exercise period and petitioned for relief. The Court granted the motion and approved the arrangements reached by the public company with the warrant holders.  Under the Israeli law, a company wishing to reach a compromise or arrangement, including with warrant holders, […]

A director of a company that operated a business for several years without a business license, as required by law, was charged with liability for violating the law, despite the fact that he had made tremendous efforts and worked tirelessly to obtain a business license. The Court held that the director bears criminal liability because […]

A public company which shares were suspended from trading on TASE due to non-publication of financial statements petitioned at the last minute against the transfer of its shares to the maintenance list after the three months of suspension had lapsed.  The company sought a short delay contending that the statements would be published soon, but […]

Two families purchased apartments from a developer.  After the developer ran into financial difficulties and a receiver was appointed to complete the project, they sought to cancel the purchase agreement and forfeit the Sale Law guarantees in their possession due to a significant delay in delivery and given the fact that they can no longer […]

An heir sought to probate an earlier will of a childless testator granting him a property from the estate, contrary to a later will that revoked prior wills and distributed another apartment and funds to additional heirs. The Court granted the claim pursuant to its authority to correct wills due to mistake in order to […]

A client whose investment account with a foreign company was blocked, served a statement of claim to the Israeli company through which the account was opened.  The Israeli company contended that it is not authorized to receive service of process on behalf of the foreign company since it only provides technical support. The Court held […]

A store chain owner suspected that one of the franchisees secretly became a shareholder in a competing store chain using his brother as a “straw man”.  Following these suspicions, the chain terminated the franchise agreements for two branches and for the third branch demanded to activate a “forced separation” mechanism due to “breach of trust.” […]

An employee was involved in a car accident on her way home after finishing her workday, but cellular location data, the actual travel route, and the significant time gap between leaving work and the occurrence of the accident indicated that the location and time did not align with the accepted route from the workplace to […]

Wage deductions under the component of a “deposit” were made from the salary of a brazilian football player who played for the Maccabi Haifa football club during his final months of employment.  The said deductions were intended to secure the payment of the player’s future expenses, such as debts for traffic fines, housing bills, and […]

A ship that arrived at the Ashdod port to load fuel was moored to a marine terminal operated by the Israel Electric Corporation.  Despite the winds at the location strengthening significantly, the ship was left moored to the terminal for several hours.  As a result of the continuous load, the mooring cables snapped and disconnected, […]

A middleman entered into an agreement with parties to an acquisition transaction, under which it was intended to receive brokerage fees.  After the deal fell through, some of the involved parties established a new company that ultimately executed the deal and made the acquisition, without paying the brokerage fees. The Court held that the middleman […]

A fuel supplier from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, supplied fuel in Turkey and Malta to a Russian-registered cargo ship and sought to enforce a maritime lien against the vessel in Haifa in respect of a debt.  Meanwhile, the ship was sold to another owner who repudiated the fuel supplier’s maritime lien. The Court dismissed the […]

Natan Zehavi, a Radio Le-Lo Hafsaka broadcaster provided broadcasting services to the radio station as an independent contractor.  Following a controversial on-air statement, the station suspended the broadcaster without pay and refused to reinstate him without receiving new financial guarantees on his part.  However, the station refrained from formally terminating the agreement, thereby keeping his […]

Purchasers entered into a transaction to acquire real estate for the establishment of a gas station based on a presented building permit, but in practice the seller agreed with the authorities to postpone a required environmental soil survey without disclosing this upon the execution of the transaction, resulting in construction delays and the purchasers bearing […]

Foreign corporations were sued for damage caused to Israeli consumers due to a restrictive arrangement to which they were parties.  Within this framework, they coordinated prices, quantities and bids in the manufacturing of a component integrated into hard drives. The Court held that the Israeli Court is the proper forum to adjudicate the lawsuit.  To […]

In July, 2026, an amendment to the Israeli Annual Leave Law was legislated, adding the Memorial Day of a first-degree relative (parent, child, spouse, or sibling) to the list of statutory optional leave days. Accordingly, an employee is entitled to take this optional leave day out of their annual leave quota on the memorial day […]

Landlords notified the tenants of the termination of the lease and prevented them from exercising an option, contending that they intended to sell the apartment.  In practice, the apartment was not sold but was rented to others at higher rents, and the tenants were forced to rent another apartment at a higher price. The Court […]