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GCR’s The European, Middle Eastern and African Antitrust Review 2021: Israel Overview

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 […]

Tal Eyal-Boger & Ziv Schwartz | Jul 2020 | Legal Update

Legal Update: Intellectual Property and Competition & Antitrust – September 2019 (Hebrew)

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 […]

Yael Riemer & Ziv Schwartz & Amit Dat | Sep 2019 | Legal Update

Legal Update: Competition & Antitrust – August 2019 (Hebrew)

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 […]

Ziv Schwartz | Aug 2019 | Legal Update

Legal Update: Competition & Antitrust – July 2019 (Hebrew)

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 […]

Ziv Schwartz | Jul 2019 | Legal Update

Legal Update: Competition & Antitrust – June 2019 (Hebrew)

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 […]

Ziv Schwartz | Jun 2019 | Legal Update

Legal Update: Competition & Antitrust – March 2019 (Hebrew)

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 […]

Ziv Schwartz | Mar 2019 | Legal Update

Legal Update: Competition & Antitrust – July 2018

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 – […]

Tal Eyal-Boger & Ziv Schwartz | Jul 2018 | Legal Update

Legal Update: Competition & Antitrust – August 2017

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 […]

Tal Eyal-Boger & Ziv Schwartz | Aug 2017 | Legal Update

Legal Update: Competition & Antitrust – February 2017 (Hebrew)

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)

Ziv Schwartz | Mar 2017 | Legal Update

Legal Update: Competition & Antitrust – January 2017 (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)

Tal Eyal-Boger & Ziv Schwartz | Jan 2017 | Legal Update

Legal Update: Competition & Antitrust – December 2016

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 […]

Tal Eyal-Boger & Ziv Schwartz | Dec 2016 | Legal Update

Legal Update: Competition & Antitrust – July 2016 (Hebrew)

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 […]

Ziv Schwartz | Jul 2016 | Legal Update

Legal Update: Competition & Antitrust – January 2016 (Hebrew)

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 […]

Ziv Schwartz | Jan 2016 | Legal Update

The IAA published revised Block Exemptions and outline for cooperation between factories in times of emergency (Hebrew)

Ziv Schwartz | Dec 2015 | Legal Update

Israeli Antitrust Authority proposes a reform of the monopoly control regime

Tal Eyal-Boger & Ziv Schwartz | Jun 2015 | Legal Update

Israeli Antitrust Authority proposes a reform of the merger control regime

Tal Eyal-Boger & Ziv Schwartz | May 2015 | Legal Update