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Blog Tag: Class Action

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Proposed Amendment to Israeli Class Action Regulations Could Infringe on Public Companies’ Rights

November 23, 2022 / by Eyal Nachshon

The proposed amendment to the Class Action Regulations contradicts the Courts Regulations (Review of Files). If enacted, any person, in any case and without providing justification, may review the statements of response filed by respondent-companies to the motions to certify class actions filed against them.

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Class Actions: What Happens When the Alleged “Wrongdoing” Has Already Been Rectified?

September 2, 2021 / by Eyal Nachshon , Shay Bello

Motions to certify class actions have long since become one of the most prevalent challenges facing private and public companies providing services to the public. Empirical studies show a gradual and nearly steady rise in the number of motions to certify class actions being filed since the Israeli Class Actions Law was enacted in 2006 and to date. If initially, a few dozen motions were filed annually, today, hundreds and even thousands of such motions are filed each year with the various courts, which imposes a heavy burden on the courts and on the parties being sued.

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Companies and Class Actions

May 6, 2020 / by Eyal Nachshon

Adv. Eyal Nachshon, a partner in the Litigation Department who often represents defendant companies in class action lawsuits, presents in this short video the conditions for filing a class action lawsuit, the matters for which a suit can be filed, and how a defendant company should formulate a defense.

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Class Actions in Israel- Overview and Contemporary Trends

September 22, 2016 / by Barnea

The Israeli Class Action Law came into force in 2006, and formally regulates the proceedings applying to class actions in Israel. This type of action was available in Israel before 2006, but was much less developed. Since the advent of the Law, class actions have become a favored path of pursuing litigation where the damage caused to a single plaintiff is not significant and would usually not result in a claim against the party which caused the damage. The majority of class actions filed in Israel are consumer claims against corporate entities.

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