Regulatory amendments in several popular jurisdictions in the gaming industry have prompted many companies to look for other alternatives. One of the destinations that is generating growing interest is Anjouan – a relatively…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law
On April 2, 2025, the President of the United States signed an Executive Order announcing the imposition of very extensive customs tariffs on products being imported into the United States. Following is a quick analysis of the…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, International Law & Trade
The minimum wage in Israel is rising by 6.25% to ILS 6,247.67 per month as of April 1, 2025 (compared to ILS 5,880 last year). The minimum wage for hourly workers is increasing to ILS 34.32, compared to ILS 32.30 prior to the…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
The Regional Labor Court recently ruled that the time has come to entitle employers, under special circumstances, to demand that employees undergo medical examination by a physician on the employer’s behalf, even after an HMO…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
The various wars that have taken place around the world in recent years, including the Russia-Ukraine war and the Swords of Iron War, have placed the DefenseTech sector in the spotlight. Amid changes in global security dynamics…
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/ Intellectual Property, Military Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
Last week, the Bank of Israel published a preliminary design of the central bank’s Digital Shekel system. In a detailed document, holding more than 100 pages, the Bank of Israel presents guiding principles and a work plan for…
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/ Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology
President Trump’s recent Executive Order (EO), which seeks to reduce enforcement of the anti-bribery and anti-corruption provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), may be perceived as a declaration of an expected…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, International Law & Trade
At the end of 2024, the Knesset enacted significant legislative updates within the framework of the Arrangements Law that completely revamp how “closely held companies” are taxed in Israel.
Section 76 of the Income Tax…
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/ Business Organizations, Taxation
A US court (in Delaware) recently handed down a precedent-setting ruling on a lawsuit filed by a copyright-owner, the media and technology conglomerate, Thomson Reuters, against the artificial intelligence platform, Ross…
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/ Business Torts, Intellectual Property
A precedent-setting ruling has been issued in the case of Bizi Finance Ltd., in which the court was required to determine whether a promissory note signed electronically could be enforced through the enforcement and collection…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking
The Israeli Privacy Protection Authority (PPA) has issued a new statement introducing a significant change in the interpretation of the law and in the required methods for obtaining consent to the collection and processing of…
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/ Administrative Law, Privacy
The Ministry of the Economy’s wide-scale enforcement campaign launched last weekend in branches of supermarket chains throughout the country, found violations of the obligation to mark prices in all of the branches that were…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection
The Knesset Finance Committee approved a draft bill for second and third readings to ease the conditions for tax relief during corporate restructuring. The bill was first published in the initial draft bill within the tax…
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/ Business Organizations, Taxation
The Israel Tax Authority (ITA) recently published updated guidelines, regarding tax aspects applying to investments in companies through SAFEs. Such guidelines were published following the previous guidelines published by the…
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/ Business Organizations, Taxation
On February 19, 2025, the Competition Authority filed an indictment against leading retail chains, including Victory and Yochananof, and against some of their senior officers…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Criminal Law
