In July 2025, the European Competition Commission imposed a EUR 489,000 fine on Alchem International Pvt. Ltd. and its Hong Kong subsidiary for their involvement in a pharmaceutical cartel involving the active ingredient used...more
8/7/2025
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Cartels ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Competition Authorities ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Israel ,
Manufacturers ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Subsidiaries ,
Supply Chain
The Industrial Cooperation Authority at Israel’s Ministry of Economy recently announced that it had blacklisted the Chinese company DAQO, which won a tender for the supply of components to the Israel Electric Corporation,...more
7/18/2025
/ Blacklist ,
China ,
Contract Terms ,
Enforcement ,
Foreign Investment ,
Imports ,
International Trade ,
Israel ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Public Procurement Policies ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Sanctions
The Israel Competition Authority (ICA) conducted a thorough investigation of the S. Schestowitz Group, an Israeli company in the food and consumer goods sector, due to suspicions the company operated a cartel in the food...more
7/17/2025
/ Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Breach of Competition Law ,
Cartels ,
Consumer Product Companies ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Evidence ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Indictments ,
Investigations ,
Israel ,
Obstruction of Justice ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular
The “What’s Good for Europe Is Good for Israel” reform came into effect at the beginning of 2025, with considerable. This reform allows importers to import diverse products to Israel in a new standardization track, based on...more
7/14/2025
/ Advertising ,
EU ,
Importers ,
Imports ,
Israel ,
Manufacturers ,
Marketing ,
Ministry of Economy ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Trade Policy
Bank Hapoalim and Israel Discount Bank will each pay the State Treasury ILS 40 million within the framework of an administrative settlement (“agreed order”), in respect of their acquisitions of minority stakes in a competitor...more
5/8/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Breach of Competition Law ,
Competition ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Institutions ,
Israel ,
Minority Shareholders ,
Penalties ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Settlement
The Ministry of the Economy’s wide-scale enforcement campaign launched last weekend in branches of supermarket chains throughout the country, found violations of the obligation to mark prices in all of the branches that were...more
3/6/2025
/ Consumer Protection Laws ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Grocery Stores ,
Israel ,
Labeling ,
Pricing ,
Pricing Requirements ,
Product Labels ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Regulatory Violations ,
Retailers ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
On February 19, 2025, the Competition Authority filed an indictment against leading retail chains, including Victory and Yochananof, and against some of their senior officers. ...more
3/3/2025
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Cartels ,
Competition ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Food Marketing ,
Grocery Stores ,
Indictments ,
Israel ,
Price-Fixing ,
Unfair Competition ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
White Collar Crimes
Most of the focus over the past year has been on the events of October 7 and the ensuing war. Not only the citizens, but also the legislative and regulatory authorities in Israel have been devoting most of their time to deal...more
9/18/2024
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Anti-Terrorism Financing ,
Bank of Israel ,
Capital Markets ,
Corporate Governance ,
FATF ,
Financial Institutions ,
Israel ,
New Regulations ,
Payment Systems ,
Privacy Laws ,
Risk Management
The decision by a U.S. court to continue deliberating the major lawsuit filed by several visual artists against Generative Artificial Intelligence platforms could call into question how these platforms can operate without...more
A few days ago, the Central District Court handed down its ruling in the lawsuit filed by Aviad Concrete and Clay Industries against Nesher Israel Cement Enterprises. The suit concerned Nesher’s rebate policy to its...more
A federal court in California recently dismissed some of the claims prominent figures in the entertainment industry have raised against OpenAI, the operator of the artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT. The plaintiffs...more
The New York Times recently filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, which operates ChatGPT, and Microsoft, which collaborates with OpenAI on the platform Copilot, over the defendants’ use of the newspaper’s copyrighted articles....more
1/4/2024
/ Algorithms ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Fair Use ,
Israel ,
Machine Learning ,
Microsoft ,
Ministry of Justice ,
New York Times
Lately, we are witnessing an uptrend in the discourse over the interfaces between artificial intelligence systems, particularly text and image generators, and intellectual property law, specifically as pertains to copyrights....more
The Israel Competition Authority’s Director General recently announced that, subject to a hearing, she intends to rule that Strauss and Wyler Farm violated the Economic Competition Law and implemented a merger that could harm...more
The uptrend in businesses’ use of artificial intelligence (AI) now includes algorithm-based pricing, which is raising concerns about harm to competition. More and more companies have been implementing algorithm-based pricing...more
The Israel Competition Authority (ICA) recently published a revised public statement on the regulation of resale price maintenance (RPM) arrangements. Under such arrangements, an entity in the goods supply chain (typically, a...more
The Competition Director General has issued a precedent-setting determination against the pharmaceutical marketing company MBI Pharma Ltd. (MBI). The Director General determined that MBI abused its monopolistic position and...more
1/23/2023
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Competition Authorities ,
Corporate Fines ,
Drug Pricing ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Excessive Pricing ,
Israel ,
Ministry of Health ,
Monopolization ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Unfair Competition
On May 11, 2022, a draft bill to amend the Companies Law passed a preliminary reading in the Israeli parliament. The draft bill seeks to obligate companies falling under the definition of “monopolist” pursuant to the Economic...more
In a ruling handed down a few days ago, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that a release from criminal liability on the grounds of reliance on assistance of counsel shall not apply when an attorney fails to warn about the...more