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September 10, 2019
Actor Yehuda Levy Joins Legal Proceedings against Eshkolot
Actor Yehuda Levy has joined Shaham, the largest actors' organization in Israel, and a group of fellow artists in their legal dispute with the management of Eshkolot. Advs. Zohar Lande, Hadar Israeli, and Eyal Nachshon are representing Shaham and the artists.
August 15, 2019
Maurice Haliwa Increases Claim against Jacky Ben-Zaken and Avraam Nanikashvili
Our firm continues to represent Maurice Haliwa, a shareholder in Manor A.D. Construction Investments Ltd., in a lawsuit against Jacky Ben-Zaken and Avraam Nanikashvili. Haliwa recently increased the amount of the original lawsuit from NIS 18 million to NIS 100 million. Advs. Zohar Lande and Yatir Madar represent the client.
August 8, 2019
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Our Client Espresso Club
The Supreme Court rejected all of Nespresso and Nestle's claims in a lawsuit filed against our client Espresso Club. The lawsuit revolved around an Espresso Club advertisement that featured a George Clooney look-alike. Nespresso and Nestle argued violation of intellectual property rights, but the Supreme Court rejected their arguments in favor of Espresso Club's. This represents a significant ruling on issues of commercial advertising content. Espresso Club was represented by Adv. Zohar Lande, the head of our Litigation Department.
July 28, 2019
Barnea Representing Eva Fashion in Dispute with Ilan Bioculture
Our firm is representing Eva Fashion in a dispute with Ilan Bioculture, a cannabis plants company that is seeking to cancel an investment agreement signed with Eva Fashion.
July 31, 2019
Representing the Israeli Actors' Association in a Royalties Litigation Process against Eshkolot
Our firm is representing Shaham, the largest actors' organization in Israel, as well as a group of artists, in a legal dispute with the management of Eshkolot, a company that handles collection, management, and distribution of royalties to all artists in Israel.
In this context, Advs. Zohar Lande, Hadar Israeli and Eyal Nachshon submitted a request to the Economic Department of the Tel Aviv District Court to receive documents before filing a derivative claim over irregularities and defects. The request asks Eshkolot to present information on the manner in which royalties are collected from the various broadcasting organizations.
July 17, 2019
Barnea Continues to Represent Eyal Shamir in Claim for Brokerage Fees
Our firm continues to represent businessman Eyal Shamir in a lawsuit against British Israel over its merger transaction with Melisron. As part of the lawsuit, Shamir's conversation with Ronen Gaon, who served as a director of British Israel, was exposed. Adv. Zohar Lande, Head of the Litigation Department, who is representing Shamir, told TheMarker that "Gaon's appeals to Shamir regarding the matters discussed in the article were rejected by Shamir outright."
July 9, 2019
A Win for Zeev Rom: Gad Zeevi to Pay Another USD 1.5 Million in Brokerage Fees
Following a Supreme Court hearing, Gad Zeevi and Zeev Rom decided to withdraw their mutual appeals and to keep the District Court ruling ordering Zeevi to pay Rom USD 1.5 million in connection with the financing transaction for the purchase of Bezeq shares in 2000. Rom was represented by Advs. Zohar Lande and Moran Bickel of the firm's Litigation Department.
June 10, 2019
The Majdi Halabi Affair: The State Is Not above the Law
Adv. Gal Livshits, a partner in our Litigation Department, published an op-ed in Calcalist on the State's attempt to evade payment of a reward to the finders of the body of missing soldier Majdi Halabi following the Supreme Court's ruling that it is obligated to pay.
May 20, 2019
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Association of Internal Auditors Petition Supreme Court
Our firm is representing the Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of Internal Auditors in a petition with the Supreme Court against the Government Companies Authority (GCA). It is requesting that the court revoke the GCA circular stating that an internal auditor of government companies rated 7 and above must be a salaried employee and not outsourced. The petition was filed by Advs. Zohar Lande, Eyal Nachshon, and Adi Shoham of the Litigation Department.
May 7, 2019
Administrative Petition Filed Against Our Client Following Tender Win
Our firm is representing the Tel Aviv Taxi Organization in an administrative petition filed against after its win in the Tel Aviv cluster of a two-stage competitive process conducted by the Ministry of Transport. The organization is represented by Advs. Zohar Lande, Eyal Nachshon, and Adi Shoham of the Litigation Department.
February 27, 2019
Event Invite: The Impact on Your Business of New Amendments to the Restrictive Trade Practices Law
Our firm is holding a seminar on March 18 about the ways in which recent amendments to the Restrictive Trade Practices Law meet the daily needs of a corporation and its officers. A representative from the Israel Competition Authority will also take part.
December 31, 2018
Supreme Court Decision on Knesset Channel Chosen as Top Ruling in 2018
TheMarker named the Supreme Court's ruling on the Knesset Channel tender as one of the five most important verdicts of 2018. According to TheMarker, the ruling provides a glimpse into the Court's attitude to the media. Advs. Zohar Lande, Eyal Nachshon, Adi Shoham, and Omer Keydar of the firm's Litigation Department represented RGE Knesset Channel, which won the tender.
December 30, 2018
Article on Inheritance Disputes: "About Life and a Little about Death"
Adv. Liat Keisary, a partner in the Private Clients Department, published an article on the Calcalist Dun's 100 website about inheritance disputes, wills, and estates.
December 27, 2018
Charges against Our Client in Utrade Case Dropped
Dr. Zvi Gabbay, Adv. Moran Bickel, and Adv. Sapir Malul represented Rafi Bar-Lev in a hearing before the Tel Aviv District Attorney's Office. The DA's Office was considering filing an indictment against Bar-Lev for fraudulent receipt, but instead chose to close the case against him.
December 13, 2018
Barnea Represented Azrieli Group in a Class Action Suit
Advs. Zohar Lande, Eyal Nachshon, and Omer Keydar of Barnea's Litigation Department represented Azrieli Group in a class action suit for not displaying a price per unit of measure for certain products on its e-commerce website. A settlement was reached in the suit.
November 28, 2018
Barnea Represented a Chinese Company in Litigation Related to the Highway 16 Tender
Barnea is representing the Chinese infrastructure company PMEC in its request to disqualify the winning bid in the tender for Highway 16. The company is being represented by Advs. Zohar Lande, Eyal Nachshon, and Shachar Rothschild from the Litigation Department.
November 1, 2018
Transaction Brokerage
A Globes article about brokers in Israel mentioned that Barnea is representing Roni Mana in a lawsuit against Arena Group for the payment of brokerage fees.
October 7, 2018
Barnea Takes on Representation of TI Group Automotive Systems SRO
Our firm is representing the Czech company TI Group Automotive Systems SRO in a €4.5 million lawsuit against Raval ACS Ltd. The lawsuit stems from a valve failure that resulted in the recall and repair of 250 thousand Mercedes cars.
September 4, 2018
Activist Shareholders – The Israeli Challenge
Barnea and ACC hosted today a seminar on shareholder activism. Micky Barnea discussed activism in Israeli companies. Also presenting were Elchanan (Nani) Maoz from Everest Fund and Steve Wolosky from Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP.
July 19, 2018
Supreme Court Ruling: RGE Group to Operate Knesset Channel
The Supreme Court issued a ruling today rejecting the petitions of News 2 and Channel 20 against the decision to announce RGE as the winner of the Knesset channel tender. This paves the way for the operation of the Knesset channel by RGE as early as August 1, 2018. RGE was represented by Advs. Zohar Lande, Adi Shoham, Eyal Nachshon, and Omer Keydar of our firm's Litigation Department.