Posts by Doron Afik

Yedioth Ahronoth: Article about the launch event of the Latin-American department of Afik & Co. MAY 12, 2025

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Article in Yedioth Ahronoth, Mamon Magazine, 22.04.2025, reporter Little Dobrovitsky, about the launch event of the Latin-American department of Afik & Co. At a festive cocktail party just before the Passover holiday, the firm launched its Ibero-American department, which handles Israeli clients…

A lease of less than five years does not need to be in writing or signed

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An apartment owner sought to forfeit the bank guarantee given to her by the tenant when the tenant withdrew from the lease a week before she moved in, contending that the agreement was not signed but only negotiations took place and drafts…

Performing work for different companies related to the employer does not automatically generate an employee-employer relationship

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A CFO of a discount store chain, who was fired from his job, demanded that six companies included in the chain, for which he performed bookkeeping and financial management work, be recognized as his employers. The Labor Court rejected the employee’s claim…

Including details about an invention in a patent application does not constitute defense against trade secret theft

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A developer contracted a university researcher to improve the services he was working on to identify the carriers of the Covid-19 pandemic.  The developer contended that the researcher had stolen the invention, while the researcher contended that the information was in the…

A check with a forged signature is invalid even vis-à-vis a third party who received it in good faith and for value

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A person who received the consideration for his car by means of checks was surprised to discover that they originated in a checkbook that had reached the grantor of the check due to a mistake in the mail and that the signature…

Under certain circumstance a taxpayer who has underpaid tax may be exempt from paying the tax

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Vehicle importers underpaid tax due to a lack of clarity in the regulation regarding the determination of the green score for plug-in vehicles imported from the USA, as determined in the Ministry of Transportation’s procedure. The Court held that the importers are…

Emily in Ecuador

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In May, 2025, we had the honor of being part of the historic reception organized by the honorable María Cristina Cevallos Calero, ambassador of Ecuador in Israel for H.N. Daniel Noboa Azín, President of Ecuador, and the honorable María Gabriela Sommerfeld Rosero,…

Harm due to defamation will be examined based on the ability of the publication to affect the ordinary person who has been exposed to it

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An association which goal is to protect the environment published on Facebook that the owner of the majority of the rights in the Leviathan reservoir caused environmental pollution on Israel’s coast in order to increase its profits. The publication was shared on…

Buyers of property are not required to do their own check and may rely on representations and warranties of the sellers in the sale agreement

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Buyers of a property in which severe dampness defects were discovered contended that the sellers did not make full and proper disclosure of the condition of the property prior to the sale, while the sellers contended that they made sufficient disclosure by…

In a frustration of contract the determining date as to the ability to anticipate the circumstances that led to the breach is that of the last amendment MARCH 25, 2025

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In a rental agreement for the operation of a playground, it was stipulated that starting from the third year, the rent would effectively increase. The agreement was executed shortly prior to the COVID-19 outbreak. Two months after its outbreak it was amended…