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A marketer of cosmetics entered into a franchise and sales agreement with a supplier. After the relationship between the parties soured due to allegations of fraud by the parties, the marketer expressed in various forums, including to clients and suppliers of the supplier, offensive statements regarding the conduct of the supplier. The Court held that […]

On December 10, 2025, the Israeli Privacy Protection Authority announced that it has initiated proactive supervision proceedings regarding the obligations established by Amendment 13 to the Privacy Protection Law, including the obligation to appoint a Data Protection Officer (DPO) in organizations. The Authority stated that it will begin by examining the following sectors: local authorities, […]

A Seller of rights in a plot (acquired from a receiver) undertook to complete the recording of the rights in his name within 40 days but the recording was affected only after six years.  The purchasers demanded the full liquidated damages stipulated in the contract (ILS 150,000), which constituted approximately 28% of the transaction value. […]

A daughter, who inherited her late mother’s estate together with her sibling, sought to revoke the inheritance order due to a will in which the deceased bequeathed the entire estate to her. The Court dismissed the motion to revoke the inheritance order due to undue influence exerted on the testator.  The Israeli Inheritance Law stipulates […]

A municipality refused to compensate a supplier for works performed in two projects at the order of the municipality, amounting to approximately ILS 850,000 due to the fact that no formal signed agreement exists, due to an election period and changes in the local administration. The Court partially accepted the claim and ordered the municipality […]

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 person granted his rights in the land as an irrevocable gift and even entered into an agreement and an irrevocable power of attorney for the benefit of the beneficiaries.  However, the beneficiaries did not record a cautionary note and after about two years the same person sold the same rights to a third party […]

As part of a merger transaction in which shareholders in the target company sold their shares to the acquiring company, an Israeli company wholly held by an Australian ASX traded company, the acquiring company undertook to provide a loan for the benefit of the target company.  While the share purchase agreements were made only with […]

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 […]

Property owners entered into a tenancy agreement with a company which was supposed to carry out construction work on the property to open a restaurant and a hotel.  After the tenant failed to pay the rent and did not commence the work on the property on time, the property owners terminated the agreement and demanded […]

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 […]