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September 6, 2023

Price Display in Credit Transactions: What Are the Obligations?

The Haifa District Court recently granted a motion to certify a class action regarding the manner in which price is displayed in installment transactions and the interest charged on those installments. This ruling holds great significance for businesses seeking to levy surcharges for customer installment payment options.

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September 5, 2023

Collective Labor Law: Lecture at Israel Bar Association’s Midrasha

Adv. Netta Bromberg, the head of our firm's Employment Department, lectured to a professional study course at the Israel Bar Association’s Midrasha – National Attorney's Academy. The lecture addressed expansion orders and collective bargaining agreements. Netta also touched on conducting legal analysis during due diligence processes.

August 31, 2023

Who Owns the Building Rights?

An important ruling handed down by the Israeli Supreme Court clarifies how specific rights holders acquire additional or future building rights in real estate assets.

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August 30, 2023

Securities, Digital and Financial Assets: New Definitions

After considering public comments, the Israel Securities Authority is promulgating a revised draft bill seeking to regulate the field of digital assets.

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August 30, 2023

Advising on ILS 300 Million Issuance of New Series of Bonds

Adv. Elad Reshtick, Adv. Omri Oren, and Adv. Raz Landau represented Mediterranean Towers Ltd. in a ILS 300 million issuance of a new series of bonds held earlier this week. The company received offers for approximately ILS 533 million in the institutional phase.

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August 28, 2023

United States: Can AI Systems Hold Copyrights?

Who owns the copyright to an AI-generated image—the creator, the technology, or no one? A recent court ruling in the United States determines that the right to copyright protection depends on the degree of human involvement in the work.

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August 28, 2023

Insolvency: Debt Settlements on the Rise

Adv. Idan Miller, the head of the firm's Insolvency Department, was interviewed by Globes about the wave of companies in financial distress. Idan noted that “what we’re seeing in the newspapers is only the tip of the iceberg.” According to Idan, a large number of unpublicized debt settlements are currently underway in contracting, high-tech, and security procurement companies.

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August 20, 2023

Employers’ Use of Vehicular GPS to Track Employees

Employers’ use of technological tools to track their employees’ geolocations has sharply increased in recent years, as remote work has become more prevalent. The Israeli Privacy Protection Authority recently published its recommendations on the collection of geolocation data from employees’ vehicles.

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August 16, 2023

Israeli High-Tech: “Angels Law” Grants Tax Benefits to Investors

Israel’s new "Angels Law" grants tax benefits to investors in Israeli startups, and in the Israeli high-tech industry in general, with the goal of spurring the growth of high-tech companies based in Israel or whose intellectual property is registered in Israel.

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August 13, 2023

Barnea: Representing Chargeflow in USD 14 Million Seed Round

Adv. Yuval Lazi and Adv. Nofar Rose David represented Chargeflow, a startup using AI to fight chargeback fraud, in an investment led by the VC firm OpenView Venture Partners. We provided legal advice on all aspects of the transaction, including labor law matters.

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August 13, 2023

Business Today's List of Influential Startup Lawyers

Business Today has ranked Adv. Itay Gura on its list of the ten most influential lawyers in the startups and growing companies field in Israel.

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August 10, 2023

Incorporating a Company in a Foreign Country: Key Considerations

In an interview with Calcalist, Adv. Ken Shaked advises on the primary considerations for when a company decides where to incorporate, applicable law for companies that choose to incorporate abroad, related costs, and the tax considerations companies should seriously mull over.

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August 9, 2023

Crypto: PayPal Launches USD-Based Stablecoin

We were interviewed by Globes on PayPal’s decision to launch a stablecoin backed by the US dollar.

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August 9, 2023

Law.com: Israel's Legal Community Braces for Impact of Government's Judicial Overhaul

In light of the Israeli government’s proposed reform to the judicial system, Law.com, an industry-leading media platform, spoke with key figures in the Israeli business and legal community to understand the potential effects of these changes on the practice of law. Adv. Micky Barnea, our firm’s managing partner, was invited to share his insights. To read the full article and Micky’s interview, click here.

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August 8, 2023

Barnea Represents Contempo in ILS 11 Million Lawsuit

Our firm is representing Adi Nahum, a partner in the Contempo real estate group, and several companies owned by him, in an ILS 11 million claim for monetary relief and other remedies, including the removal of minority oppression and a declaratory judgment of ownership rights in companies in Contempo against the company's owner, Shahar Raz, and other companies in the group. Contempo oversees dozens of urban renewal projects in sought-after neighborhoods in central Tel Aviv, Givatayim, Givat Shmuel, Ra’anana, Bat Yam, and Ramat Hasharon.

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August 7, 2023

Israeli Regulations Restrict Enrollees in Managers’ Insurance Plans

As of September 2023, employees will be able to enroll in managers’ insurance plans only if their salaries exceed twice the average wage in Israel, in order to ensure they receive adequate pensions.

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August 7, 2023

Barnea: Advising Anise on Corporate Recovery Plan

Adv. Idan Miller and Adv. Liron Dahan are advising Anise on a corporate recovery plan, after the natural products chain fell into an approximately ILS 22.9 million debt. As part of this process, our firm submitted a request to the district court to appoint a trustee and approve a debt arrangement. Anise’s debts accumulated due to branch expansion and an increase in interest rates. The chain is now working to implement its all-encompassing corporate recovery plan, which includes closing unprofitable branches, closing a packaging plant in Kiryat Anavim, improving efficiency, and further reductions.

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August 6, 2023

Crypto as a Security – Applying the Howey Test

Regulation by enforcement is designing tests to ascertain which cryptographic assets fall under the definition of “security” in the wake of the XRP crypto token court ruling.

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August 6, 2023

Stock Market Skeletons: How to Properly Execute a Merger

We were interviewed by TheMarker on the phenomenon of companies going public via mergers with stock market skeletons.

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August 2, 2023

Merging without Approval: Strauss Group Might Pay ILS 111 million

According to the Competition Authority’s Director General, the negative covenants included in the merger agreement between Strauss Group and Wyler Farm raise concerns of harm to competition, and the parties began implementing the merger before receiving approval.

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