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September 24, 2024

Webinar: Payment Services Law – More Relevant Than You Thought

Our firm hosted a webinar in collaboration with the GCS organization for legal advisors, focusing on the Payment Services Law. The webinar was designed for legal advisors in companies within the financial and service sectors. Presenting at the event were our lawyers, Zvi Gabbay and Anat Even-Chen, along with CPA Julie Raboy, who delivered a lecture on the technological adjustments required in light of the law.

September 22, 2024

Important updates on the Israeli money market reform

The Israel Securities Authority has published several additional revisions to the Israeli money market reform since the Knesset approved legislative amendments designed to promote competition in the money market, and since the draft directives and rules were published approximately two months ago. The money market reform relates to money market mutual funds, deposits and government bonds (short-term loans maturing in no more than one year).

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September 22, 2024

New Regulations Ahead: Reporting Obligations for Payment Companies and License Holders

The Israel Securities Authority recently published a draft of a new directive for payment companies and holders of basic initiation licenses or approvals regarding reporting to the Authority. According to the Draft, payment companies and holders of basic initiation licenses or approvals are required to submit annual, semi-annual, quarterly, and immediate reports on various topics, such as audited or reviewed financial data, operational data, compliance with capital requirements, technological measures, corporate governance, compliance etcetera.

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September 18, 2024

Dr. Avishay Klein in TheMarker on the importance of implementing an AI policy in public companies

As an expert in the field of artificial intelligence, Dr. Avishai Klein referred to the need for public companies to formulate an artificial intelligence policy. As per his advice, companies with a clear policy, transparent reporting, human supervision and proper management, can retrieve the most out of those technologies, increase the trust of investors and customers, and reduce risk.

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September 18, 2024

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

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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September 18, 2024

Minimal purchase tax: the upcoming taxation decision that will affect real estate investors - an interview for Globes by Terry Almozlino Arnon

The minimum purchase tax for real estate investors is expected to decrease automatically by the end of the year unless the government decides otherwise. Adv. Terry Almozlino Arnon, was interviewed on this matter by Globes and noted, amongst other things, that "This is not a market that can wait for January. In the last two years, we have experienced as effects in the real estate market - the increase in interest rates, the legal reform, the Swords of Iron war and the general uncertainty that has prevailed here."

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September 17, 2024

The Consumer Protection and Fair-Trade Authority: businesses are required to disclose changes to product characteristics or components.

Recently, the Consumer Protection and Fair-Trade Authority issued a position paper regarding the disclosure obligations businesses must meet when making changes to product characteristics or components. According to the position paper, any material change in a product's characteristics or components must be clearly and prominently displayed on the product itself, allowing the consumer to make an informed decision regarding the product. This is because consumers typically do not recheck a product’s features or ingredients, when they purchase it regularly.

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September 17, 2024

Board of Director’s responsibility for data security in a company

The Privacy Protection Authority has issued a mandatory guideline holding the board of directors fully responsible for information security, with heavy fines for violations. The guideline requires the board to oversee compliance with regulations and develop organizational policies, particularly for entities processing sensitive personal data.

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September 16, 2024

Regulatory highlights for small and medium-sized businesses

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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September 12, 2024

Barnea: Representing Daily.dev – Top 21 Startups in Israel

Proud to represent daily.dev - entrepreneur selected as one of the 21 most promising startups of 2024 by N12 in collaboration with the IVC.

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September 9, 2024

Barnea: Representation of Qualtero in an acquisition transaction amounting to over 30 million US dollars.

Advs. Yuval Lazi and Nofer Rose David represented Qualtero – a company specializing in IT and consulting services - in its acquisition by Comply365 for over 30 million US dollars.

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September 1, 2024

The Money Market Reform in Israel is Underway

The Knesset approved a series of legislative amendments this past July designed to promote competition in the money market – money market mutual funds, deposits and government bonds (short-term loans maturing in less than one year) – and to enable the general public to achieve higher returns on its short-term savings.

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August 28, 2024

Tax Benefits to NGOs in Israel and “Public Purposes”

In order to promote the activities of NGOs, and to encourage donors to donate to these public benefit institutions, the State of Israel is granting them unique tax benefits, subject to the fulfillment of defined criteria.

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August 28, 2024

Severance Pay to Heirs of Employees who Died During the Period of the Swords of Iron War

An important amendment to the Israeli Severance Pay Law was enacted recently to facilitate the process of redeeming the severance pay of employees who died during the period prescribed in the amendment.

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August 28, 2024

Naveh - Mandelblit Case: Searching Computer Materials and the Treatment of Suspects' Rights

In an op-ed for Calcalist, Shir Rozenzweig addresses the rights of suspects and the lack of oversight of investigative authorities concerning searches made on computer devices.

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August 28, 2024

Barnea: Representing the Aviv Group in an Administrative Petition

Zohar Lande, Adi Shoham, Shay Bello, and Anna Elenport are representing the Aviv Group in an administrative petition against the Herzliya Municipality. The petition was filed after the municipality undertook to approve a development plan for land within a year, a condition precedent to the transfer of the land to Aviv. The municipality however, has yet to review the plan. The Aviv Group is currently bearing the financial cost – whereas the construction is not expected to start any time soon.

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August 27, 2024

Real Estate Taxation: Tax Aspects in Realizing Real Estate Rights

Maya Carmi Lubartovsky, head of our firm’s real estate taxation practice , participated in another episode of the ACC Podcast Series in collaboration with The new episode covers tax aspects of cash transactions, combination transactions, construction services transactions, the tax advantages and disadvantages of different transaction structures, etcetera.

To listen to the first podcast

August 21, 2024

Artificial Intelligence Platforms and Copyright law: is the Legal Belt Tightening?

The U.S. court is hearing artists' lawsuits against AI platforms for copyright infringement. The decision could lead to new regulations and insights into the impact of using protected works for training.

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August 20, 2024

Real Estate Taxation: Key Things to Know When Conducting a Real Estate Transaction in Israel

As an expert in the field of real estate taxation, Adv. Maya Carmi from our firm, is a guest on the ACC podcast series, providing clarity on all aspects related to real estate taxation. The first two podcasts which were uploaded yesterday, focus on capital gains tax and purchase tax.

To listen to the first podcast

To listen to the second podcast

August 19, 2024

Femtech in Israel: The Challenges, Opportunities, and Legal Considerations Every Company Needs to Know

About 100 Femtech startups operate in Israel, which is considered a world leader in the field. These startups face a number of legal and regulatory challenges that must be taken into consideration in order to successfully implement innovation in this sector.

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