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A company sought to offset royalty amounts that were collected in excess from future royalties to the Israel Land Authority. This was done in light of the fact that the statute of limitation period for the cause of action for the collection in excess expired and the Israel Land Authority knew that the company maintains […]

A tenders committee disqualified a sole bid in a tender for the provision of cleaning services due to the bidder’s negative past record. The Court dismissed the petition and held that the tenders committee’s decision to reject the bid based on the negative record was free of flaw.  Intervention in the professional discretion of the […]

A farm owner terminated a partnership agreement with a company engaged in the marketing and construction of solar systems in favor of an engagement with a competing company, contending that he was entitled to terminate the partnership agreement at any time. The Court partially accepted the claim and the farm owner is to pay compensation […]

A woman made a will in 2012 in which she distributed her property to her three children.  In 2017, after it was determined that she did not need a guardian despite being an 84-year-old and nursed, she made a will in a haste before a notary who did not ask her for a medical certificate, […]

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 gas products marketer, which sells products to several distributors, demanded that a store owner, with whom it had worked for 15 years, not advertise products at a price lower than the price it set.  After the store owner objected to the demand, contending it is a forbidden restrictive arrangement, the distributor stopped supplying its […]

Upon demise of the father, one of his sons requested that he and his wife be recognized as the owners of the father’s farm, by virtue of his appointment as “continuing son” by the father, an appointment that was approved by the agency and the agricultural association, even though the father’s will divided the estate […]

The only two trustees of a public trust created an extensive system of holdings (including through two companies registered in Panama) and ended up with a private company from which they received a high salary. The Court held that this was a prohibited distribution due to beneficiaries serving as trustees of the trust.  Except when […]

A candidate in the elections for a workers’ committee contended irregularities in the election.  He demanded to receive full footage produced by the security cameras watching the entrances to the voting area in addition to those videos that were given to him and were edited to prevent the identification of those present. The Court granted […]

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 […]

A shareholder sought to appoint for the company an independent auditor contending that the company’s existing auditor is in a conflict of interest because he is authorized to report in several companies of one of the shareholders and also that his appointment was flawed. The Court held that the auditor of the company was duly […]

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, […]