Many business owners are unaware that conducting a commercial lottery, which is often an excellent tool to increase revenues, attract new customers and encourage sales, when done without obtaining prior permission, close legal guidance and compliance with the requirements of the law, constitutes a criminal offense, the maximum penalty for which can reach up to three years in prison, alongside exposure to heavy civil lawsuits.
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For many new immigrants, purchasing an apartment in Israel is the fulfillment of a dream.

Election day (whether it is elections for the Knesset, primaries, or municipal elections) is a democratic celebration, but it is important to remember that alongside it are important legal rules that apply not only to candidates and parties, but also to donors, guarantors, activists, and volunteers, and failure to comply with them can have severe consequences.

While a lasting power of attorney ensures the well-being and the management of assets during a person's lifetime, a will takes effect after their passing.

The accelerated development of technology, the sweeping transition to cloud data storage and the use of software systems (SaaS), have created a point of friction between individual rights and the needs of criminal investigation, when law enforcement authorities demand that technology companies hand over client information stored on their servers.

As a person advances along the path of life (and not necessarily when reaching the "third age"), the desire arises to protect their assets and ensure the future of their relatives, alongside the fear of who will care for them if they lose their capacity.

In recent years, we have been witnessing a growing trend of Israeli investors directing their gaze and capital towards real estate markets in the Mediterranean basin countries, primarily Cyprus and Greece.

In the dynamic business world, successful public and private companies often find themselves targeted by investors or competing companies seeking to execute a hostile takeover.

A 39-year-old, founding partner in a startup company, flew for a weekend to a ski resort and one unfortunate slip sent him to intensive care and the company to a rapid crash course, as his absence prevented it from paying employees and suppliers or performing other material and urgent tasks.

Chile is undergoing a period of particular interest for the Israeli investor.

In June 2026, it was reported in the press that the CEO of the Stock Exchange is interested in purchasing, together with a partner, the ownership of the Hapoel Hadera football team, similar to other transactions in which private businessmen, Israelis or foreign residents, purchase Israeli teams, such as Mitchell Goldhar at Maccabi Tel Aviv, Alona Barkat at Hapoel Beer Sheva, Yaakov Shahar at Maccabi Haifa, Edmond Safra at Hapoel Tel Aviv, and Barak Abramov at Beitar Jerusalem.

The World Cup always reminds us that the football players' market is a global one.
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Through fraudulent means and by presenting forged vouchers, approximately ILS 48,000 was withdrawn from a customer account at the Postal Bank. The Postal Bank refused to reimburse the funds, contending that they must await a police investigation, while simultaneously freezing the account-leaving the customers without their money and in prolonged uncertainty....
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