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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 […]

Apartment purchasers filed an action against a contractor demanding the rescission of the sale agreement and restitution of the consideration, after they were provided with a non-compliant parking space that could not be reasonably utilized. The Court accepted the claim for rescission of the agreement and held that the breaches by the contractor were fundamental […]

Holders of rights of residential units in a luxury hotel demanded the hotel owners to appoint an internationally renowned management company to manage the hotel as well as refrain from raising the management fees. The Supreme Court held that the agreement is a closed agreement and there is no reason to obligate or prevent the […]

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 married couple who divorced signed during the marriage an agreement titled “Prenuptial Agreement” before a Notary.  The agreement stipulated, inter alia, that in case of selling their home, the wife would receive a refund of ILS 800,000 for the apartment she had prior to the marriage and the contents of the apartment.  The agreement […]

An author published a fictional book centered on a villainous, criminal, and deceitful character.  The character in the book was portrayed as an Israeli, a lecturer in intelligence at Sofia University, involved in real estate in Bulgaria, who had undergone bariatric surgery and suffered from diabetes – details matching precisely a businessman who was previously […]

A printing house made it possible for its customers to upload photos, with T-shirts printed by it, onto its website.  Among the photos uploaded by the customers were pictures of T-shirts on which works made to order by an artist were printed for the purpose of printing them on T-shirts, but without the artist giving […]

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 […]

An indictment was filed against 17 defendants for committing the offenses of a restrictive arrangement, receiving something by fraud, and money laundering, although 50 were originally involved in the case. The prosecution decided who to prosecute based on parameters reflecting the severity of the acts. The Court held that the criteria subject to which 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 […]

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. […]