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January 27, 2022
Privacy in the Digital Age: Two Recent High-Profile Cases
Two recent high-profile cases have brought privacy issues to the forefront: the Israel Police's alleged use of NSO's Pegasus software to infiltrate civilians' phones, and a Supreme Court ruling permitting the police to search the phones of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's aides. Against this backdrop, N12 published an op-ed discussing the right to privacy in information stored on smartphones and computers.
November 18, 2021
Internal Enforcement: Series of Webinars for Public Companies
Our firm, in collaboration with the Public Companies Forum of the Israeli Association of Corporate Counsel, has launched a series of webinars on internal enforcement. Among the lectures in the series is "Prohibition on the Use of Insider Information, What an Internal Enforcement Plan Is, and How It Is Implemented in Organizations."
July 26, 2021
Calcalist Interview on White-Collar Crime
Several of Israel's leading lawyers in the field of white-collar crime and criminal law were interviewed by Calcalist, including experts from our firm. We addressed the core issues of the field and the impact of COVID-19, along with a forecast for several ongoing major cases.
July 13, 2021
Webinar: Responsibility of Compliance Officers in Organization
The Compliance Forum of the Association of Corporate Counsel in Israel hosted a webinar this morning on the responsibilities of compliance officers in organizations. As part of the webinar, we discussed new trends and developments, as well as the normative basis for imposing personal responsibility on compliance officers in organizations.
March 21, 2021
Webinar: 10 Years of Administrative Enforcement in Israel
The Rina and Meir Heth Center for the Study of Competition and Regulation at the College of Management is holding a webinar with former judges and legal experts entitled “10 Years of Administrative Enforcement in Israel.” We were invited to participate in the lawyers’ panel of experts, which will examine the impact of administrative enforcement tools on violations of Israeli law.
November 26, 2020
What Do Massive Weddings Have to Do with Corporate Compliance?
Our firm organized a webinar for legal advisers and compliance officers, in partnership with ACC Israel. As part of the webinar, we lectured on the connection between ethics and obedience. Are they in competition or do they complement one another?
October 15, 2020
Leaked FinCEN Files Harm the Fight Against Money Laundering
In mid-September 2020, a series of articles were published by a group of foreign journalists, based on the collection and analysis of over 2,500 leaked documents from FinCEN, the US equivalent of the Israel Money Laundering and Terror Financing Prohibition Authority. The leak of such sensitive information may cause banks and financial institutions to think twice before reporting suspicious financial activity, which would be a mistake. Read more in an op-ed in Calcalist.
August 19, 2020
Lecture to Compliance Officer Training Course
As experts in the compliance field, we were invited for the fourth straight year to lecture a compliance officer training course organized by the BDO Academy of Finance and MITIGATE. This unique practical course is geared to compliance officers in international financial organizations. During the lecture, we discussed administrative enforcement and enforcement plans.
May 27, 2020
Every Crisis Is an Opportunity – Webinar
On June 2, we will host a webinar together with the ACC addressing the opportunity to upgrade the role of compliance officer in light of the coronavirus crisis. The webinar is geared for compliance officers and legal counsels.
April 19, 2020
Mobileye Insider Trading Investigation: Representing Former Syneron VP in Settlement with SEC
On April 17, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission dropped its case against our client Amir Waldman. Waldman, the former vice president of Israel-based medical device company Syneron Medical Ltd., was alleged to have made USD 4.3 million via insider trading on an autonomous driving system technology developer. He will pay the SEC nearly USD 2.2 million to end a civil enforcement lawsuit, a New York federal district judge announced Friday. We commented on the decision: "As in many cases, here too, a negotiation was being conducted at the same as we were preparing for trial, and it ultimately ended with an excellent result. This is a civil not a criminal case, and the arrangement, under which Amir does not admit or deny the facts, allows Amir to move on."
February 10, 2020
Lecture on Bribery in Israel and Legislative Initiatives
We participated today at a meetup organized by the Israel Smart Cities Institute together with the Ethics Committee of the Kenyan Parliament as part of its visit to Israel. We lectured on bribery in Israel and various legislative initiatives on the subject.
February 5, 2020
Op-Ed: Cases Against Netanyahu Will Have Precedential Effect on Corporate Governance in Israel
An op-ed in TheMarker addresses how the Israel State Attorney's guideline on indicting and sanctioning corporations will guide the decision on the prosecution of Bezeq, Walla, and Yedioth Ahronoth.
January 23, 2020
Lecture at Discount Bank's Compliance Conference
We were invited to lecture at a compliance conference organized by Discount Bank for all its compliance officers, trustees, board members, and management.
January 23, 2020
Lecture at Directors' Seminar Hosted by Analyst Investment House
We were invited to lecture at a directors' seminar hosted by Analyst Investment House, where we addressed administrative enforcement, the Israel Securities Authority's structure, and its enforcement system.
January 14, 2020
Seminar on Multi-Jurisdictional Litigation
Our firm hosted the Israeli Directors' Union for a seminar on multi-jurisdictional litigation, held in collaboration with Dechert LLP. The seminar explored the key considerations for boards of directors and management teams when developing a coordinated litigation strategy across multiple jurisdictions in response to a corporate crisis.
January 13, 2020
Hosting the ACC Compliance Forum's Third Meeting
Our firm hosted the third meeting of the ACC Compliance Forum, which focuses on compliance during enforcement procedures. At the meeting, we welcomed Yehuda Shaffer, Deputy State Attorney (Financial Crimes).
December 22, 2019
Lee Elbaz Trial Ends with Sentencing
Our firm served along with US attorneys as counsel for Lee Elbaz, the CEO of Yukom Communications, in her criminal trial in the United States. Lee was convicted of binary options fraud in August and sentenced last week. We were interviewed by media following the sentencing in a Maryland federal court, noting that "the degree of harshness in US prosecutorial policies and in sentences for economic offenses is infinitely higher than in Israel."
November 14, 2019
Lecture to Compliance Officers Course
We lectured today before compliance officers at the BDO Finance Academy. The lecture dealt with the internal enforcement of securities laws, the enforcement revolution by the Israel Securities Authority, and the need to formulate an effective internal enforcement program.
November 4, 2019
Mobileye-Intel Deal: Barnea Continues to Represent Amir Waldman
Our firm continues to represent Amir Waldman, who was charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission for insider trading in connection with Intel's acquisition of Mobileye. The proceedings are pending before a federal court in New York.
October 7, 2019
Lecture on Administrative Enforcement in Israel
Partners from our Capital Markets Department lectured on administrative enforcement in Israel during a seminar organized by EY on fraud and scam risk management. During the lecture, we presented how an organization should handle a crisis when an investigation has already begun and also discussed the importance of having organized enforcement programs.