International Litigation and Commerce – from an ISRAELI Perspective
ליטיגציה בינלאומית וסחר בינלאומי – מנקודת מבט ישראלית
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Israeli law regarding the exercise of personal jurisdiction has long been characterized by the dichotomy between the conservative approach dictated by the Supreme Court and the more liberal approach practiced by the lower courts. The recent decision in IRS Group Ltd. v. Simon Katan et al (Haifa District Court)
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Every year Israeli courts grant orders for the production of evidence, in response to Letters of Request issued under the 1970 Hague Evidence Convention (the “Convention”). In fact, because Israel did not make any declaration pursuant to Article 23 of the Convention (which authorizes a contracting State to refuse
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בית משפט ישראלי: אין סמכות במקרה של משקיעים שהונו בעסקת נדל”ן בארה”ב הטקסט בעברית יבוא לאחר האנגלית A Tel Aviv court recently declined to exercise jurisdiction over American defendants in connection with a claim by Israeli residents that they were defrauded in a real estate investment in Pennsylvania. Although
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An Israeli District Court issued a decision earlier this month denying a motion to dismiss filed by Facebook in a purported class action asserting claims for breach of privacy. The court did so even though, as a general matter, Israeli courts are deferential to forum selection clauses in international
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Does a non-Israeli litigant have an advantage when it, as the prevailing party in Israeli litigation, seeks an order for the payment of legal costs? Based upon a recent judgment from a Tel Aviv District Court, the answer is sometimes. By way of background, Israeli courts are not
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Third-party beneficiaries (TPBs) often do not like being bound to arbitration agreements. That is not surprising, because the TPB rarely has a direct role in negotiating (or drafting) the agreement that was entered into on its behalf and which contains an arbitration clause. Nonetheless Israeli and other courts
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בינואר 2009 הקימה לשכת עורכי-הדין את המוסד לבוררות שלה. לאחרונה, הודיעה הלשכה על סגירתו של מוסד בוררות זה[1]. סגירת מוסד הבוררות של הלשכה מעלה שאלה בנוגע לאכיפתם (אם בכלל) של הסכמי בוררות שנחתמו בשש השנים האחרונות המפנים לאותו מוסד כגוף שימנה את הבורר במקרה של סכסוך. בית המשפט העליון דן