Posts by Doron Afik

Apartment buyers who have legally canceled a contract are entitled to a refund at a realistic rate based on the apartment’s current market value

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Apartment buyers filed a lawsuit against a contractor demanding the cancellation of the sales agreement and the return of the consideration, after they were provided with substandard parking that could not be reasonably used. The court accepted the claim for cancellation of…

In conflicting real estate transactions preference should be given to a late sale transaction over an early gift transaction

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A person granted his rights in the land as an irrevocable gift and even entered into an agreement and an irrevocable power of attorney for the benefit of the beneficiaries.  However, the beneficiaries did not record a cautionary note and after about…

The provisions of an arbitration agreement may be applied to a party who has personally agreed to them, even if they are not a party to the arbitration agreement

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As part of a merger transaction in which shareholders in the target company sold their shares to the acquiring company, an Israeli company wholly held by an Australian ASX traded company, the acquiring company undertook to provide a loan for the benefit…

Enforcement activity commences for the obligation to appoint a DPO and other obligations under Amendment 13

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On December 10, 2025, the Israeli Privacy Protection Authority announced that it has initiated proactive supervision proceedings regarding the obligations established by Amendment 13 to the Privacy Protection Law, including the obligation to appoint a Data Protection Officer (DPO) in organizations. The…

A municipality may sometimes be obligated to pay a supplier even if no written agreement was signed

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A municipality refused to compensate a supplier for works performed in two projects at the order of the municipality, amounting to approximately ILS 850,000 due to the fact that no formal signed agreement exists, due to an election period and changes in…

A relationship contract is a general agreement open to changes and updates in matters that the parties to the contract have chosen not to regulate in advance

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The Supreme Court ruled that the agreement is a closed agreement and there is no place to oblige or prevent the shareholders from performing any actions. A relational contract is a contract that is formulated in general terms only and in which…

Boots on the Ground, Eyes on the Ground

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 not only save a major headache for foreign entities interested in conducting activities in Israel (whether as a branch or a subsidiary), but are sometimes not just a convenience but a necessity of reality. In the global era, many companies manage branches…

Apartment buyers who have legally canceled a contract are entitled to a refund at a realistic rate based on the apartment’s current market value

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Apartment buyers filed a lawsuit against a contractor demanding the cancellation of the sales agreement and the return of the consideration, after they were provided with substandard parking that could not be reasonably used. The court accepted the claim for cancellation of…

Anyone who publishes a fictional work that includes a character with characteristics identical to a real person is subject to lawsuits.

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A writer published a fictional book centered on a villain, a criminal, and a swindler. The character in the book was described as an Israeli, an intelligence lecturer at Sofia University, a real estate developer in Bulgaria, who had undergone gastric bypass…

Who owns the cloud?

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The digital revolution has fundamentally changed the perception of ownership of products and services.  If in the past a commercial transaction focused on the sale of a tangible asset or a permanent software license, today Software as a Service (SaaS) models blur…