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Due to concerns about the statute of limitations, a claim for declaratory relief was filed against several parties, including a trustee in a loan agreement, to determine that a claim relating to a loan agreement was not subject to statue of limitation, when in the background is a compromise attempt to receive the full amount […]

Lessees of an apartment contended the existence of severe defects in the property (including a malfunctioning sewage system and flooding) and consequently completely ceased rent payments as a means to “educate” the lessor. The lessor filed an action for possession (eviction). The Court granted the lessor’s claim and held that the lessees, who had the […]

A distributor contended that a manufacture interfered with a contract between itself and a third party for the  exclusively distribution of its products, including products manufactured together with the distributor. The Court held that the manufacturer did not commit tortious interference of the contract with the third party.  The prima facia tort of tortious interference […]

A person who opened groups on social networks and posted sexual content of women and minors without their consent, including identifying information about the identity of the participants in the videos, in exchange for a subscription fee from members of the groups. The Court held that the publication of the sexual content constitutes an infringement […]

Israeli customers filed in Israel a motion for a class action against the LinkedIn company, contending that it automatically renews paid subscriptions in violation of the Israeli Consumer Protection Law, despite the fact that  under the LinkedIn terms of use in the event of a dispute, laws of the state of California, U.S.A, shall exclusively […]

While orderlies and operating room cleaners (EVS) are paid equally for regular shifts, in shifts marked as “queues shortening shifts” there are significant gaps between the high wages paid to the orderlies (all of whom are men) and the low wages paid to the cleaners (the vast majority of whom are women). The Labor Court […]

A condo association of a condominium in Ramat Gan demanded, inter alia, that the contracting company repair construction defects discovered in the condominium systems and compensate the residents for emotional distress. The Court accepted the claim and ordered the contracting company to repair the deficiencies, but compensation for emotional distress was denied because the claimant […]

A franchisee paid a franchise fee to operate a coffee shop branch in premises provided to him by the chain.  The franchisee was forced to close the business after being convicted of operating a business without a license.  It was discovered that obtaining a business license for the premises was impossible due to planning restrictions, […]

Restaurant owners quarreled with the restaurant’s chef, and as a result, shares promised to him under a share allocation agreement in the company managing the activity were not allocated. The company collapsed, so the chef demanded the salary he would have received for his work if he had agreed to accept shares instead of salary. […]

A motion to certify a class action was filed against supermarket chains, alleging they were parties to restrictive arrangements intended to harm competition and raise prices.  The motion relied solely on an indictment filed by the Israeli Competition Authority. The Court summarily dismissed the motion to certify the class action.  Summary dismissal of a claim […]

A Honduran citizen filed a lawsuit to cancel the sale of a real estate property he owns, his only asset in Israel, on which an additional cautionary note was recorded in favor of a third party.  The Court granted the motion of the defendants htat the plaintiff deposit a guarantee to secure their costs.  Under […]

A non-Israeli manufacturer and an Israeli entity entered into a contractgranting the Israeli entity the right to sell the manufacturer’s products in Israel with a contract clause setting that all legal proceedings will be in the United Kingdom.  After the manufacturer terminated the agreement, the Israeli party filed a suit in Tel Aviv. The Court […]

A person provided brokerage services to another as part of a transaction to sell shares, but the parties did not agree on the brokerage commission rate, only that it would not exceed ILS 1 million. The Court held that the broker is entitled to a commission of 1% of the transaction amount.   A right to […]

A hospital employee posted offensive nationalist remarks against the backdrop of Hamas leader Sinwar’s photo.  The day after the posting, the employee was summoned to a hearing scheduled for the same day and half an hour thereafter she was terminated from her job. The Labor Court held that there was a flaw in the fact […]

Three shareholers in a company operated under a detailed shareholders agreement that included a separation mechanism in case one of them retires.  Later, the shareholders established another company for a separate business activity, but did not sign a new shareholders agreement for it.  When one of them retired from the activity upon reaching retirement age, […]

A father and son purchased a factory through a company that was established and all of its shares were recorded in the son’s name.  After a dispute arose between the parties, the father sought to amend the registration of shares to reflect his ownership of half of the company, contending that he was involved int […]

After selling their company, the sellers demanded additional consideration from the purchaser under the sale agreement, on the basis that the sales targets had been met.  However, the agreement clarified that the additional consideration would apply only to sales of the company’s original products, whereas in practice the sales were of new products not included […]

A subcontractor and the main contractor negotiated and exchanged drafts of an agreement regarding the termination of their engagement and the completion of the subcontractor’s obligations by the main contractor before the completion of the works that were the subject of the current agreement between them.  However, while the formula for calculating the consideration for […]

Knesset (Israeli Parliament) member Tali Gottlieb published on Facebook against a taxi driver.  In the post, she made accusations and used vulgar swear words, using his first name (but not sir name) and attaching a picture of the back of the taxi, showing the license plate number and the name of the taxi stand. The […]

A woman sought to be recognized as a common-law spouse of a deceased on the grounds that she and him had lived together as husband and wife for several years until his demise, and thus be recognized as his heir. The Court refused to acknowledge the woman as a common-law spouse.  Common-law spouses are spouses […]

The tenders committee decided not to award the bidder in the tender a score of a tender criteria for which the score was significant for the purpose of winning the tender.  The bidder in the tender contended that the decision of the tenders committee, de facto, prevented it from winning. The Court rejected the petition […]

The Israeli Securities Authority contended that a listed company breached its reporting obligation because it did not report to the public a breach of a loan agreement to a third party, where interest on the loan was not paid and it also did not repay another small loan given to it.  However, the agreement included […]

Lenders provided a loan to a company that was managed exclusively by the shareholders’ cousin, who held a minority stake in the company and served as its sole director until his passing.  Following his death, the company, which was left with debts, did not repay the loan to the lenders.  Therefore, the lenders sought to […]

A bank refused its customer’s request to transfer funds from his Russian VTB bank account to his account in Israel, due to international sanctions imposed on the foreign bank and despite the fact that no directive was given on the matter by Israeli regulator. The Court held that this was not an unreasonable refusal as […]