Posts by Doron Afik

The very imposition of an unjustified foreclosure on bank accounts constitutes defamation against the account hold

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A local authority imposed foreclosures on accounts of a businessman due to erroneous fines that remain unpaid, even though he contacted it several times after receiving the fines and before the foreclosures were imposed. The Court accepted the lawsuit of the businessman…

A gift transaction that is the result of unconscionability and relationship of dependence and control on the part of the beneficiary will be voided

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A grandson claimed to own an apartment, contended to have been given to him as a gift by his grandmother while she was still alive, in contrast to her will, in which she bequeathed the apartment to her daughter. The Court dismissed…

A bank guarantee that was attached in an out-of-date wording due to a failure to duly update the bidders on the need to change the wording will not be disqualified

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A tenders committee chose two bidders as the winners of the tender even though the bank guarantee they submitted did not match the updated wording required in the framework of the clarification process. A bidder in the tender demanded that the decision…

(Too) Deepseek – on Privacy challenges posed by the 2025 AI Model

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In Carlo Collodi’s 1883 book The Adventures of Pinocchio, Pinocchio arrives at Pleasure Island only to discover that behind the guise of an amusement park lies a sinister plan to turn children into donkeys and make a fortune from selling them. 142…

An employer who notifies an employee at the end of his fixed-term employment of the termination of his employment is liable for severance pay

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A player in the Hapoel Ra’anana soccer team signed an employment agreement for three seasons that included an option for the employer to terminate the contract at the end of each of the seasons. At the end of the first season, the…

The employer’s obligation to find an alternative position for an employee who is unable to fulfill his position is for effort and not results

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An employee, whose work included manual labor, was terminated following deterioration in his medical condition which prevented him from continuing to work in any job that involved physical effort. The employer was unable to find a job suitable for the employee’s skills…

A company filing a claim will usually be required to deposit a guarantee for the expenses of the defendant

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An Israeli company provided commercial services to a foreign public company traded on the London Stock Exchange, which is currently engaged, among other things, in developing technologies related to the diamond online trading scene, as well as a software provider for projects…

A local authority is not obligated to update a service provider of its intention to issue a new tender

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A transportation service provider moved the Court for cancellation of a tender published by a local authority, inter alia, because it was “not informed” of its publication. The Court rejected the petition and held that there was no flaw that justified the…

Placing cameras in the workplace may be deemed an invasion of privacy and a deterioration in employment conditions

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After an employer installed security cameras with the aim of preventing incidents of sexual harassment and documenting and eradicating such incidents, one of the employees resigned, contending harassment and worsening of her work conditions due to the placement of the cameras near…

Conducting business through limited liability companies negates the existence of a partnership unless the company is a family company

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Two parties ran a business through two companies they owned, but no joint reports were made to the Israeli Tax Authority, there were no separate signatory rights, and they did not bear the profits and risks equally.   When they parted ways, one…