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Adv. Anat Even-Chen

Retail Fintech 2024: Key Trends and Growth Insights

October 10, 2024 / by Anat Even-Chen

Venture capital investments in the retail fintech sector rebounded significantly during the second half of 2024, with investments reaching USD 4.5 billion. PitchBook’s latest report indicates that the market is identifying new opportunities in companies focusing on the retail sector and is introducing refreshing innovations in retail. The report presents several interesting insights and findings and provides an in-depth perspective on the retail fintech sector and its impact on the retail industry.

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ד"ר צבי גבאי

Regulation in the 2024: A Summary of Key Changes and Outlook for the Future

September 18, 2024 / by Zvi Gabbay , Ran Karmi , Anat Even-Chen , Avishay Klein

Several statutory arrangements and regulatory guidelines have been published thus far during 2024, particularly in relation to the capital market, the financial sector and privacy protection, as well as various circulars addressing corporate governance and risk management, with the objective of increasing certainty for businesses and for the public as a whole.

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Ori Rodriguez

Regulatory highlights for small and medium-sized businesses

September 16, 2024 / by Ori Rodriguez

There has been a growing outcry recently against the ease at which class actions alleging a variety of offenses are being filed against small and medium-sized business-owners. Almost every week since October 7, news media have been reporting about business owners who were called up for reserve duty, spent months defending the country, and who, upon returning home after completing their tour of duty, are then forced to fight in the courts because a warning letter was waiting for them with a demand for high sums of compensation. Much has been written about this and about the impacts that such demand letters have on reservists – personally and at the business level. And as reported, this issue should be examined by the legislative authorities.

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Adv. Gal Rozent

Doing Business in Israel: Aspects of Antitrust and Competition Laws during Mergers and Acquisitions

July 3, 2023 / by Gal Rozent

The Director General’s position is that the Economic Competition Law also applies to a merger between an Israeli entity and a foreign entity that has not been registered as such in Israel if: (a) the foreign entity holds more than 25% of an Israeli company, or (b) more than 25% of the foreign entity’s shares are held by an Israeli company, or (c) the foreign entity has a “place of business” in Israel.

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Adv. Gal Rozent

Algorithm-Based Pricing – the Next Challenge in Competition Law?

June 5, 2023 / by Gal Rozent , Ran Karmi

The uptrend in the use of algorithm-based pricing tools is increasing competition concerns, especially wherever market concentration is high. Are competition laws equipped to deal with this situation?

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Inbar Katzir

The Legal Risks of Using ChatGPT

May 17, 2023 / by Inbar Katzir

The legal issues that follow the use of artificial intelligence-based processing solutions will continue to challenge in the years to come. Meanwhile, the main questions are related to intellectual property, privacy and reliability.

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Adv. Dr. Avishay Klein

2022: Trends in Israeli and International Privacy Regulations

January 18, 2023 / by Avishay Klein , Karin Kashi , Ben Norman

2022 saw significant regulatory developments in the field of privacy protection in Israel and throughout the world. These developments directly affect companies whose business activities in Israel and internationally involve the collection and processing of personal information.

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עו"ד ענת אבן-חן

2022: Developments in Financial Service Providers Regulations

January 3, 2023 / by Anat Even-Chen , Ori Rodriguez

This article summarizes the regulatory developments imposed on financial service providers, including of non-bank credit and financial asset services, and the key measures companies engaging in this sector should take in preparation for 2023.

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Adv. Ran Karmi

2022: Antitrust and Competition in Israel – A Year in Review

January 1, 2023 / by Ran Karmi , Irit Brodsky

2022 was characterized by many trends relating to competition law in Israel. Ramped up handling of monopolies, unfair pricing and restrictive trade practices, and enhanced collaboration between Israeli government ministries and the Competition Authority are just some of the trends we witnessed during 2022 in this field.

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Doing Business In Israel: Regulation of Carbon Pricing

December 21, 2022 / by Barnea

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions to decelerate climate change processes is an important goal of many countries. The two main mechanisms that countries use to reduce GHG emissions are carbon taxation and carbon emissions trading.

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