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Bitcoin's Asset Status Makes its Profits Taxable, Israeli Court Rules

21.05.19|Omri Milman
An appellant, rejected Monday, acquired bitcoin in 2011 and sold it in 2013, netting a profit of around NIS 8.3 million that he claimed should not be subject to a capital gains tax
משה חוגג

Stox Investor Drops Fraud Lawsuit Against Crypto Entrepreneur Moshe Hogeg

16.05.19|Hagar Ravet
A lawsuit filed in Tel Aviv in January alleged crypto company Stox and Israeli entrepreneur Moshe Hogeg stripped investors of their money
מטה חברת טבע תרופות

This Is how Teva and 19 of its Rivals Fixed U.S. Drug Prices

15.05.19|Hezi Sternlicht, Ran Abramson, and Tomer Ganon
A 524-page civil lawsuit filed Friday in the U.S. alleges that 20 generic drugmakers colluded to influence drug prices, with executives meeting regularly to set prices and split the market
מטה חברת טבע תרופות

Teva’s Shady Legal Past Still Weighs on the Debt-Laden Pharma Company

12.05.19|Hezi Sternlicht
On Friday, 43 states joined Connecticut in filing a lawsuit against senior Teva executives and against over a dozen former and current senior executives at leading generic drug companies, alleging all were involved in a drug price-fixing conspiracy
מרוצי סוסים

The CRISPR Races

10.05.19|Dov Greenbaum
From racehorse breeding to human medicine, CRISPR gene editing is the future. Researchers worldwide are racing for the patent
מימין מנכ"ל אנבידיה ג'נסן הואנג ומנכ"ל מלאנוקס איל וולדמן

Investors Sue to Block Mellanox-Nvidia Deal, Report Says

02.05.19|CTech
Nvidia announced a deal to buy the Israeli chipmaker for $6.9 billion in March
כיל ים המלח ICL Dead Sea

Israel Nets Additional NIS 250 Million From Israel Chemicals in Final Arbitration

29.04.19|Micky Grunfeld and Omri Milman
ICL, which holds the mining rights to the Dead Sea until 2030, is one of the largest potash suppliers in the world
לאונרדו דיקפריו בר רפאלי

Israeli Supermodel Bar Refaeli’s Tax Struggles Are Long From Over

23.04.19|Omri Milman and Tomer Ganon
An Israeli court recently ruled the model will have to pay evaded taxes for an income of $4.5 million, but Refaeli still has to contend with the Israeli tax authority on two more fronts, including possible criminal charges
פרופ' אלי בן ששון

Technion Suing Senior Professor for 50% of His Company Stake

22.04.19|Lital Dobrovitsky
Computer Science Professor Eli Ben-Sasson founded a blockchain company with his PhD candidate. Now, the Technion is claiming the company’s intellectual property as its own
בר רפאלי

Israeli Supermodel Bar Refaeli to Pay Evaded Taxes for Earnings of $4.5 Million

22.04.19|Tomer Ganon and Omri Milman
The Israeli model has been under investigation by the Israeli tax authority since 2015, suspected of falsely reporting she was living outside of Israel to evade taxes
מפעל טבע הר חוצבים ירושלים

Bidder Contests Teva Sale of Jerusalem Facility

31.03.19|Amitai Gazit and Lilach Baumer
Earlier this month, Teva agreed to sell the land tenure rights of its two Jerusalem factories, set to close by the end of 2019, for a combined $77 million
משה חוגג

Former CFO Dropped From Lawsuit Against Crypto Company Stox, Moshe Hogeg

24.03.19|Lital Dobrovitsky and Tomer Ganon
A January lawsuit filed in Tel Aviv alleges that blockchain entrepreneur Moshe Hogeg, through crypto company Stox, took money received from an ICO for himself and for other companies he was involved with
סיגריות ג'ול juul סיגריה אלקטרונית

Juul Petitions Israel’s Supreme Court Against E-Cigarette Marketing Ban

28.02.19|Moshe Gorali
In December, Israel passed a bill restricting the advertising and marketing of smoking paraphernalia in the country, extending existing limitations to tobacco-less vaping devices
בנימין נתניהו בהצהרה לתקשורת 2

Attorney General to Indict Netanyahu, Israeli Media Reports

28.02.19|Lilach Baumer
Avichai Mandelblit is set to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in three cases Thursday, according to news reports
תל אביב בורסה Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

Israeli Securities Watchdog Goes After Blockchain-Touting Solar Energy Company

05.02.19|Tzally Greenberg
In 2017, Tel Aviv-listed Apollo announced a successful experiment in harnessing surplus solar energy to power crypto-mining machines, leading it to jump 38% on the exchange before divulging its system was not actually at a capacity to do so
כרטיס חבר מתנה חג פנאי

Gift Voucher Marketplace Zeek in Financial Trouble

31.01.19|Lital Dobrovitsky and Meir Orbach
On Wednesday, creditor Viola Credit filed a request to appoint a receiver for Zeek, stating the company does not have the capital to cover its debts
המל"ט דומינייטור של אירונאוטיקס

Israel’s Ministry of Defense Set to Pose Sanctions on Aeronautics CEO

27.01.19|Golan Hazani
The Israeli drone maker and several of its executives have been under investigation for violations of the Israeli defense export controls law and for insider trading since 2017
מדפסת תלת מימד

Guns: Just a Red Herring in 3D Printing or Something More Problematic

27.01.19|Dov Greenbaum
If a group of people was asked about the legal concerns associated with 3D printing, most would likely mention 3D printed guns. But the moral and legal debate the technology raises is much broader
Andrew Dyson

The Rise of the Data Protection Officer

21.01.19|Andrew Dyson and Robyn Palmer
The newly enacted GDPR has given rise to a new role, vital even to companies located outside the European Union—the DPO
קאר שולץ מנכל טבע

Israel Tax Authority to Demand Over NIS One Billion From Teva

16.01.19|Omri Milman and Tomer Ganon
Teva did not pay taxes in Israel for the decade preceding 2014, saving NIS 20.6 billion in tax benefits