לקוחות יקרים, בפסק דין מרתק וחדשני ניתח בית המשפט המחוזי בי-ם את העילה של גביית מחיר מופרז ובלתי הוגן על ידי בעל מונופולין. כב’ השופטת בזק-רפפורט, המשמשת גם כראשת בית הדין לתחרות, קבעה, כי מדובר במבחן דו שלבי שבמסגרתו יש לבחון, ראשית, אם מחירו של המוצר עולה בפער ניכר ומשמעותי על מחיר השוק המשוער. רק […]
Global Competition Review (GCR) published The European, Middle Eastern and African Antitrust Review 2021. The “Israel Overview” chapter was written by FBC’s Tal Eyal-Boger, Ziv Schwartz and Shani Brown. The Economic Competition Law, 5748-1988 (amended in January 2019) has led to a significant reform in the Israeli antitrust regime. The amendment’s declared goal is to decrease the […]
בעדכון זה נסקור בפניכם את עיקרי פסק הדין אשר ניתן לאחרונה על ידי בית המשפט המחוזי מרכז בלוד, בו הורה על אישור הסדר פשרה על סך 465 מיליון ש”ח במסגרת הליך תובענה ייצוגית שאוחד יחד עם תביעה אזרחית. עורכי הדין ממשרדנו אשר ייצגו בהליך הם ד”ר גיל אוריון, רון להמן, נועה ברהום ואור ארבל. לקריאת […]
טילים? קורונה? רשות התחרות מבהירה שלא תתעלם מהמתרחש ומצרכי השעה. בצל המשבר בעקבות מגיפת הקורונה, רשות התחרות פרסמה הבהרות לגבי התנהלות עסקים בתקופה זו. לקריאת העדכון המלא לחצו כאן
On August 28, 2019, the Tel-Aviv District Court rendered an important decision, dealing with the relationship between the patent law and the competition law, and the subject matter jurisdiction of the court vis-à-vis the patent registrar. The decision deals with the concurrent applicability of the patent law and the competition law, as well as the […]
On July 28, 2019 the Israeli Competition Authority (the “ICA“) published a new merger regulation draft (the “Draft“) and is seeking comments from the public. In the attached legal update, we describe the key features of the Draft. The Draft has two principal elements: An attempt to reduce the number of merger transactions which need […]
How is significant market power assessed under Israeli competition law? Earlier this year, the amendment of the Israeli Restrictive Trade Practices Law (now called the Economic Competition Law) expanded the definition of a monopolist to include not only an entity which has a market share above 50% of the supply or acquisition of a product […]
On June 17, 2019 the Israeli Competition Authority (“ICA“) published its Position Paper 1/19 (the “Position Paper“) with the aim to provide guidelines for institutional investors wishing to make joint decisions of companies that they hold. Since according to the ICA cooperation between competing institutional investors may, under certain circumstances, amount to a restrictive arrangement […]
On January 1, 2019, the Israeli parliament (the Knesset) approved the proposed Restrictive Trade Practices Law (Amendment No. 21), 5759 – 2019 (“the Amendment“). The Amendment expands the definition of the term “monopolist” under Israeli law, in a way that from now on a “monopolist” is not only those who have a market share of […]
לחצו כאן לקריאת העדכון בעברית A Major reform of the Israeli Competition Law – The Knesset (the Israeli parliament) approved the Restrictive Trade Practices Legislative Bill (Amendment 21), 5779-2019 On January 1, 2019, the Knesset approved a significant amendment to the Restrictive Trade Practices Law (Amendment 21), 5779-2019 (the “Amended Law”). The Amended Law creates […]
Click here to read the full update in Hebrew New Amendment to the Israeli Restrictive Trade Practices Law regarding Parallel Importing The Israeli Parliament (the Knesset) recently approved (on July 18, 2018), an amendment to the Israeli Restrictive Trade Practices Law, 5748-1988 (the “Law“) regarding parallel importing (the Restrictive Trade Practices Law (Amendment 20 – […]
Global Cartel – Follow-on Class Actions in Israel – Is This The End? We would like to update you with regard to the Israeli Supreme Court Ruling of July 31, 2017, which establishes that, for the purpose of service out of the jurisdiction based on Regulation 500(7) of the Israeli Civil Procedure Regulations, 5744-1984 (“Civil […]
The Antitrust Authority published a draft opinion on pricing arrangements between suppliers and wholesalers and marketers in connection with the sharing of data between competing entities for the purpose of confronting cyber attacks. Click here to read the full legal update (Hebrew)
The reduction concentration committee published a comprehensive methodology setting out its method for assessing economy-wide concentration; the methodology will serve the Committee when it provides advice to government agencies in procedures of privatizations, granting licenses and other forms for allocation of rights in essential facilities. Click here to read the full legal update (Hebrew)
We would like to update you with regard to the Israel Antitrust Authority’s recent Notice (the “IAA“, the “IAA’s Notice“, respectively), which sets out the procedure for reviewing mergers which clearly do not give rise to a reasonable concern of significant harm to competition (“Ultra Green Mergers“). A. The Background to The IAA’s Notice On […]
We wish to update you on a notice that the Antitrust Authority released on July 25, 2016 in which for the first time, the Authority listed that before their allocation by the regulator, the allocating party has an obligation to consult with the Director General of the Antitrust Authority with regard to competition considerations. Please […]
The Director General of the Antitrust Authority recently imposed a monetary sanction on a monopoly holder for the provision of “tailored” discounts to customers. The Director General also recently imposed monetary sanctions on merging companies for beginning the merger process before the receipt of approval. New Decisions of the Israeli Antitrust Authority regarding Administrative Fines […]
The IAA published revised Block Exemptions and outline for cooperation between factories in times of emergency (Hebrew)
Israeli Antitrust Authority proposes a reform of the monopoly control regime
Israeli Antitrust Authority proposes a reform of the merger control regime
Public Statements that Harm Competition – a New Draft Policy Document of the Israeli General Director (Hebrew)
International Cartels and Class Actions in Israel
Financial Sanctions