Legal News

On March 22, 2020, emergency regulations were published in Israel on limiting market activity for the purposes of managing the spread of the coronavirus.   The regulations set limits on the number of employees permitted at a workplace. Businesses may...By: Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

With the spread of coronavirus, many home buyers are living in a state of uncertainty. What happens if a contractor’s workers do not come to work due to the spread of the virus, and therefore cause delays in the delivery of an apartment from the...By: Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Though the coronavirus has yet to reach Israel (as of this writing), the labor market is already preparing for it. To be more precise, the Israeli Ministry of Health is instructing the labor market on how to prepare for it....By: Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

A recent judgment by the Hadera Magistrate’s Court upends the common view currently reflected in agreements for the purchase of an apartment from a developer. The ruling holds that modifications to an apartment made at a purchaser’s request do not...By: Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

From time to time we are asked what to do in instances where employees are absent from work without permission, and whether such absence constitutes abandonment of the job, and thus – resignation. In a recent judgment it was decided that absence from...By: Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

The British privacy protection agency (the Information Commissioner’s Office, or ICO) recently announced its intention to impose on international hotels chain Marriott a fine of about GBP 99 million for violating the GDPR, Europe’s new privacy...By: Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

The election for the 22nd Knesset will be held on September 17, 2019. This is the first time in Israel’s political history that two elections for the Knesset will take place in the same year. Election Day is a statutory holiday. An employee who has...By: Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

The Real Estate Law (Reinforcement of Condominiums against Earthquakes) 5768-2008 (the “Reinforcement Law”) provides that in order to perform a TAMA 38 plan on a building under the “demolish and build” track, a majority of 80% of residents is...By: Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

The National Israeli Labor Court is an independent tribunal and thus only rarely does the High Court of Justice (HCJ) intervene in its decisions. Recently, in an unusual move, the HCJ twice reversed the rulings of the National Labor Court. In both...By: Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Six months after the amendment to the Economic Competition Law took effect, the Competition Authority published its position regarding the circumstances in which even an entity with less than a 50% market share may be deemed a “monopoly holder.”...By: Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.