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The repeated and recurring requests of Jiu-Jitsu coaches to join as members of the official Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Association were not deliberated by it at all throughout the years that have passed since they were first submitted. The Court accepted the coaches’ motion to be registered as members of the association due to the breach of […]

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 member of a sports club’s WhatsApp group was removed from the group and contended that the automatic message received on WhatsApp “removed from the group” harms his good name and constitutes a defamatory publication. The Court dismissed the claim and held that the act of removing a member from a WhatsApp group, by itself, […]

At the end of the season a soccer player of Hapoel Haifa was offered a materially lower salary for the next season. The Labor Court accepted the claim and held that the player is entitled to severance pay. Non renewal of a contract is as dismissal and the employer must demonstrate that it offered the […]

The chairman of the Maccabi Sha’arim Football Association contended that the editors of the association’s Facebook page are liable to him because they did not prevent the posting of defamatory comments about him on the Facebook page, even if such were later removed. The Court held that the editors are not liable for defamation because […]

An examination by an accounting firm appointed by the Ministry of Finance for the Israeli Handball Association raised serious suspicions of corruption and led to several arrests in a case known to the public as the “Faina Kirschenbaum” case. Following the arrest of the association’s chairman, a new chairman was elected who replaced many people […]

A company involved in the production and broadcasting of sporting events sought compensation for copyright infringement after a business for fast food presented its broadcasts on a TV screen facing the street. The Court rejected the claim and held that the manner of recording and filming a sports event constitutes an original production that triggers […]

A business establishment held an open television in which it was broadcasted a football game broadcasted in the commercial TV.  The producer of the broadcasts sued the establishment and its manager for infringement of copyrights. The Court held that when an employee does not follow instructions of the employer it does not mean that the […]