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Nadav Shoval credit: Open Web Court rejects Nadav Shoval's petition against OpenWeb ouster

Tel Aviv District Court Judge Ariel Zimmerman: The petition complains of an infringement of rights that do not exist.

Wolt messenger  credit: Shutterstock/Karolis Kavolelis Bill seeks to regulate platform worker employment model

The bill proposes a new legal status in addition to the traditional categories of salaries employee and independent contractor.

Cryptocurrencies  credit: Shutterstock Israel Tax Authority seeks to close cryptocurrency loopholes

A draft bill defines cryptocurrencies as assets rather than currencies, making profits on them liable to capital gains tax.

Land on Kibbutz HaOn credit: Eyal Izhar Court ruling paves way for dream house auction by Kinneret

248 lots on Kibbutz HaOn are being sold on the open market and to reservists and disabled IDF veterans at discounted prices.

Ben Gurion airport credit: Tali Bogdanovsky Foreign airlines seek legal changes before returning to Israel

The airlines want the legal requirement to compensate passengers for canceled flights suspended during the current state of emergency.

Emmanuel Macron  credit: Shutterstock/Alexandros Michailidis French court overturns Euronaval ban on Israeli cos

For the second time in the past four months, the Paris Commercial Court has overturned a decision by the French government to ban Israeli companies from a defense exhibition.

Strauss Elite factory in Nazareth  credit: Strauss PR Competition Authority fines Strauss Group NIS 111m

The unprecedented fine on the food company is for an unauthorized merger agreement with tofu products company Wyler Group alleged to have harmed competition.

Beny Steinmetz credit: Reuters Denis Balibouse Beny Steinmetz arrested, released in Athens

Steinmetz's attorney Stavros Togias said, "It is unprecedented for the rule of law in Greece, or any other respected country, for such an administrative act to overturn a decision of the Greek judiciary, which had definitively and irrevocably ruled against his extradition to Romania, recognizing his right to travel freely."

Teva drug Copaxone  credit: Tamar Matsafi Teva shareholder sues after $450m US settlement

Avraham Barak alleges that Teva's board and officers must have approved the criminal activity that led to the penalty.

Nadav Shoval credit: Open Web Tel Aviv court orders OpenWeb to freeze ousting of CEO

While Nadav Shoval interprets the judge's ruling as if his dismissal has been frozen, the company sees it as a technical act of suspending completion of his dismissal.

Teva's R&D labs in Netanya  credit: Teva PR Teva settles further price-fixing lawsuits in the US

Teva will pay a total of $450 million over six years to settle the cases.

Adv. Vered Zlaikha and Adv. Gilad Semama credit: Dafna Cohen Privacy Protection chief: New regulations prevent cyberattacks

Adv. Vered Zlaikha, Partner and the Head of Cyber Affairs & AI Practice at Lipa Meir & Co: As part of preparations for the amendment coming into effect, organizations must already take a series of steps to ensure closing the gaps in relation to the requirements of the law.

Teva's R&D labs in Netanya  credit: Teva PR Teva settles opioid suits in Israel

Under the settlement, Teva's insurance company, which as far as is known is not Israeli, will pay the pharmaceutical company $40 million to fully close all potential claims.

NSO Group Credit: Shutterstock Why Apple dropped its lawsuit against NSO

Among other things, Apple cited a report that Israeli government officials had taken NSO documents required for the case, but it is also making PR capital out of the move.

Moshe Kahlon Credit: Rafi Kotz and Yossi Cohen Kahlon to be indicted subject to hearing on Unetcredit affair

Former Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon and other senior executives are suspected of fraud, breach of trust and reporting violations.

Taxi rank at Ben Gurion Airport  credit: Michal Raz Chaimovitz Court penalizes taxi driver who cheated tourists

Eyal Siman-Tov admitted charging exorbitant fares, and lying about the value of coins and bills.

Court rules against Coca-Cola Israel in huge tax dispute

The Tel Aviv District Court ruled that Coca-Cola Israel must pay hundreds of millions of shekels tax on royalty payments it hid through creative tax planning.

BBC offices  credit: Reuters/SOPA Images Study calls out BBC for anti-Israel bias

The in-depth study, sponsored by lawyer Trevor Asserson, finds the BBC's coverage of the war in Gaza to be in breach of its own guidelines.

Port of Ashdod  credit: Shutterstock Police agent exposes massive smuggling at Ashdod Port

Dozens of importers and customs agents were arrested this morning at the end of a four-and-a-half year covert investigation.

Yariv Levin credit: Noam Moskovitch GPO Levin defies court order on new Supreme Court president

Minister of Justice Yariv Levin insists the High Court of Justice order to convene the Judicial Selection Committee to appoint a new Supreme Court president is illegal.

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara at the Bar Association conference  credit: Israel Bar Association spokesperson AG opposes PM choosing Civil Service Commissioner

Israel's Attorney General Gali Baharav Miara has made it clear to the High Court of Justice that the decision to change the way in which the Civil Service Commissioner is chosen is illegal.

Arnon Bar David and Bezalel Smotrich credit: Histadrut Spokesperson, Noam Moskovich Knesset Spokesperson Court instructs Histadrut to end strike

The Ministry of Finance petitioned the Labor Court for an injunction to end what it says was a blatantly political strike.

Moscow  credit: Yirmi Pinkus Moscow court orders arrest of Russian-Israeli businessman

Oleg Kiselev, who is not in Russia, is accused of large embezzlement from Russian state-owned nanotechnology company Rusnano, of which he was deputy chairperson.

Tax Authority chief Shay Aharonovich credit: Eyal Izhar illustration Tali Bogdanovich Tax Authority's voluntary disclosure billions hit by red tape

The program, which hopes to collect billions of shekels from Israelis' concealed wealth, including in cryptocurrencies, is being dealyed by a bureaucratic U-turn.

Minister of Justice Yariv Levin credit: Marc Israel Sellem Jerusalem Post Judges instruct Levin to allow vote for Supreme Court president

Justice Minister Yariv Levin had proposed that hard line conservative Justice Yosef Elron would serve as Supreme Court president for one year.

Benny Landa  credit: Miguel Gutierrez Court issues stay-of-proceedings for Landa's diamond co

Lab-grown diamonds producer LUSIX petitioned the court at the beginning of the week with a request for a stay-of-proceedings on debts of NIS 103 million.

Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen credit: Reuters EYEPRESS Denmark opposes Israel arms embargo as UK wavers

Denmark and the UK are two of the few major European countries still exporting weapons to Israel.

Taba border crossing inset Simon Falic credit: Shlomi Yosef, YouTube Duty Free Americas petitions court on IAA tenders

Duty Free Americas has petitioned the Tel Aviv District Court to disqualify Heinemann from the tender to operate duty free stores at the Taba and Sheikh Hussein border crossings.

Attorney General Gali Bahrav Miara, current Civil Service Commissioner Prof. Daniel Hershkowitz, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu  credit: Yoav Dudkevich (Yedioth Aharonoth), Haim Zach (GPO), Noam Moskowitz (Knesset Spokesperson's Office) Netanyahu to choose Civil Service Commissioner

Overriding the Attorney General, the government decided that the prime minister will select the next Commissioner, a vital watchdog, with vetting by an ethics committee only.

Nvidia offices in Yokneam credit: Nvidia US antitrust probe endangers Nvidia - Run:ai deal - report

The Department of Justice investigation jeopardizes the completion of the $700 million acquisition, “Politico,” and “The Financial Times” report.

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