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מעו”דכן ליטיגציה – תובענות ייצוגיות, תחרות והגבלים עסקיים – הסדר פשרה לפיו מאות מיליוני ש”ח ישולמו לציבור צרכני החשמל

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 […]

Gil Orion, Dr. & Ronald Lehmann & Noa Barhum & Or Arbel | Apr 2020 | Legal Update

Legal Update: Litigation – August 2018 (Hebrew)

Recently, the Supreme Court, in the Sonol matter, discussed the considerations for approving “Compensated Withdrawal Settlements” in class action proceedings. The Court ruled that, when a motion to withdraw from a motion to certify a class action is filed, there is no room to award compensation and attorney fees to the class action applicant and […]

Gil Orion, Dr. & Or Arbel | Aug 2018 | Legal Update

משרדנו ייצג את חברת טאואר סמיקונדקטור בע”מ בבקשה לסילוק תובענה ייצוגית על הסף

משרדנו מייצג את חברת טאואר סמיקונדקטור בע”מ בתובענה ייצוגית שהוגשה נגדה ונגד רו”ח המבקר שלה, על סך 338,206,000 ש”ח, לבית המשפט המחוזי בתל אביב. טאואר סמיקונדקטור בע”מ היא חברה ישראלית, אשר כפופה להסדר הרישום הכפול (ניירות הערך שלה נסחרים ב-NASDAQ ובבורסה לני”ע בתל אביב). ביום 7.11.2017 התקבלה החלטה בבקשה שהגישה החברה לסילוק התביעה על הסף […]

Gil Orion, Dr. & Ronald Lehmann & Amir Varon & Jana Rabinovich | Nov 2017 | Transaction

Legal Update: Class Actions & Derivative Suits – October 2017 (Hebrew)

In this legal update we review two recent class action court decisions: In the Shemen Oil and Gas Resources case, the District Court in Tel Aviv-Yafo reviewed the factors that a court must take into account when appointing a replacement representative attorney in a class action proceeding. In the Siroga-Barnir case, the Supreme Court considered […]

Gil Orion, Dr. & Orit Malka & Or Arbel | Oct 2017 | Legal Update

Legal Update: Class Actions & Derivative Suits – March 2017

Israeli Jurisdiction over Foreign Cartelists  Recently, an Israeli District Court addressed the jurisdiction of Israeli courts over foreign companies accused of being part of a prohibited cartel that acted outside of Israel but had an impact on market prices – and caused damages to consumers in Israel. The Court held that if the cartel arrangement […]

Gil Orion, Dr. & Tal Wiesengrun | Mar 2017 | Legal Update

Second International Conference on Dispute Resolution of Consumer Mass Disputes – March 16th 2017

FBC partner and head of the Class Actions & Derivative Suits practice, Dr. Gil Orion, will be the chairman for the panel on ‘Waiver and Arbitration Clauses’ at the 2nd International Conference on Dispute Resolution of Consumer Disputes. Click below to sign up and for more information.

Gil Orion, Dr. | Jan 2017 | Firm News

Amendment no. 10 of the Class Action Law 2006 (Hebrew)

We wish to update you on amendment 10 (the “Amendment”) of the Class Actions Law 5766-2006 (the “Law”) which came into force on July 27, 2016. As described below, the main elements of the amendment are: the expansion courts’ supervisory powers regarding the approval of settlement agreements submitted in the framework of class actions, the […]

Gil Orion, Dr. & Orit Malka | Sep 2016 | Legal Update

FBC Ranked top Israeli Law Firm in Class Action Defense Litigation

FBC Ranked top Israeli Law Firm in Class Action Defense Litigation (Hebrew)

Gil Orion, Dr. & Orit Malka | Jan 2015 | Firm News

FBC represents Clal Insurance and Migdal in class action

FBC represents of Clal Insurance and Migdal, two of Israel’s largest insurance companies, in a class action suit that was filed against them in the amount of NIS 1B, with regard to Clal Insurance, and NIS 800m with regard to Migdal, under the alleged claim that while making insurance payments they avoided paying  interest and […]

Gil Orion, Dr. & Orit Malka | Jan 2014 | Transaction

FBC represents Deutsche Lufthansa and Swiss Air Lines in alleged cartel class action

FBC represents Deutsche Lufthansa and Swiss International Air Lines, in a class action estimated, according to the claim, at NIS 613M (the total damage allegedly caused by Lufthansa and by Swiss is estimated at NIS 99M), claiming an alleged global price fixing cartel among airlines in the air cargo shipping industry, mainly regarding fuel fees […]

Gil Orion, Dr. | Feb 2013 | Firm News

FBC represents G4S in two class actions estimated at NIS 500M

FBC represents G4S, the second largest security company in Israel, in two class actions suits, estimated at a total amount of NIS 500M, submitted against it, in September 2011 and September 2012, by former employees regarding their employment rights according to the labor law and their collective agreement with the company.

Gil Orion, Dr. & Orit Malka | Sep 2012 | Transaction

Supervising Class Action Settlement Agreements (Hebrew)

Supervising Class Action Settlement Agreements (2011) (co-authors Gil Orion & Ziv Schwartz) (Hebrew)

Gil Orion, Dr. & Ziv Schwartz | Sep 2011 | Publication

The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Class and Group Actions

The International Comparative Legal Guide to Class and Group Actions 2009 (co-authors Gil Orion & Ziv Schwartz)

Gil Orion, Dr. & Ziv Schwartz | Sep 2009 | Publication