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A bidder that won an Israel Land Authority tender for a lease of a plot withdrew its bid, contending that essential information regarding the scope of building rights had been concealed.  The tender committee forfeited ILS 400,000 of the bid guarantee (approximately 25% of the total guarantee). The Court rejected the petition and held that […]

A woman passed without a will, having been unmarried but lived with a couple for over 20 years. The Court found that the couple is a common-law spouse for purpose of inheritence.  The Israeli Inheritance Law stipulates that in the absence of a contrary will, common-law spouses inherit from each other as married spouses.  For […]

Amidst the discharge of an oil cargo in Israel, contamination by foreign agents was revealed, thereby depreciating its value.  The cargo owners contended that the maritime carrier is liable for such contamination, predicated upon the clean pre-loading laboratory reports and the clean bill of lading, wherein the carrier confirmed the cargo is “in apparent good […]

Two Israeli Premier League football players demanded from their teams, after their employment ended, payment for weekly rest indemnity on Saturdays, and redemption of vacation days. The Labor Court held that the clubs do not need to pay for weekly rest indemnity and vacation redemption.  Generally, the Israeli Wage Protection Law prohibits a salary that […]

A patent application was filed as part of an international project aimed at formulating policies for granting intellectual property rights to inventions created by artificial intelligence.  The application stated that the applicant for the registration of the invention is the representative of the inventor, an artificial intelligence (AI) machine, which generated the inventions autonomously and […]

Workers on the farm lived there with their families and worked day and night at varying hours according to the needs of the farm. The Labor Court held that the Hours of Work and Rest Law does not apply to the employment the workers due to employer’s inability to supervise.  The Israeli Hours of Work […]

A startup company employed a scientist.  The employment agreement stipulated that intellectual property belonged to the company and that the issue of employee stock options would be settled later.  After 8 months, a dispute arose regarding the option terms (the company’s requirement for a vesting period and actual work), the scientist decided to go on […]

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 […]

A company registered the name “Mazor” as a non-stylized word mark, despite knowing that another company had been using the name commercially for several years. The IP Adjudicator ordered the expungement of the trademark from the Register.  The registration of a trademark is intended to protect the trademark owner’s reputation, prevent deception of the public, […]

The widow of a company employee sought to sue the company and its CEO, who she contended to be a hidden controlling shareholder, after pension contributions were not made for the employee during his employment period. The Court held that the corporate veil cannot be pierced and that personal liability should not be imposed on […]

A candidate for the mayor of Kfar Saba used the song “Siba Tova,” composed by Matti Caspi, in a political campaign video distributed on social media without authorization from the composer and without approval or payment of royalties to ACUM (Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers in Israel), despite his outreach to them. The […]

Several officers of a corporation were charged with various breaches of fiduciary duty due to the operation of a pirated waste disposal site without a license and without proper infrastructure, while causing severe environmental hazards. The Court held that only some of the officers were guilty of breaching fiduciary duty imposed on them as officers.  […]

A business consultant claimed to be a partner in a business venture of an industrial design company and demanded access to financial data and a share of the profits. The Court rejected the claim regarding the existence of a partnership and held that the relationship between the parties was strictly a principal-contractor relationship and not […]

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 […]

Upon the couple’s separation, the husband’s mother demanded the repayment of funds she provided for the purchase of their joint apartment, contending that the transaction was a loan and that a loan agreement had been signed with the son during the marriage. The Court found that the funds constituted a gift.  Under Israeli caselaw, funds […]

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 […]

A person purchased a specific plot within a parcel that was held in joint ownership (Musha), without a partition process having been conducted therein.  As the seller was not entitled to sell a specific portion of the parcel, it was impossible to enforce the agreement literally and record the particular plot in the purchaser’s name. […]

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 […]

A tenant terminated the lease agreement for an office she rented before the end of the stipulated period, in light of severe defects discovered, including recurring leaks and strong odors originating from a butcher shop located above the office (also owned by the landlord). The Court determined that the lease agreement is terminated.  In a […]