As part of its strategic move into the Israeli telecom market, Altice, a Luxembourg-based private equity firm that controls HOT, Israel’s cable television operator, acquired in May 2010 Mirs Telecommunications from Motorola.
Meitar represented the investors in Wintegra, Inc., a leading provider of highly integrated network processors for mobile backhaul equipment, in its acquisition by PMC-Sierra, Inc. (NASDAQ:PMCS), an internet infrastructure semiconductor solution provider.
VocalTec, an Israeli public company traded on NASDAQ is considered the inventor of VoIP. VocalTec merged in July 2010 with YMax Corporation, a US privately held company.
Meitar represented Attenti Holdings SA and its shareholders (led by private equity fund Francisco Partners) in a transaction in which 3M purchased Attenti’s shares for $230 million. Attenti, which before its acquisition by Francisco Partners in early 2009 was a public company traded in London, is a private company, engaging in the research, development, sale and maintenance of electronic people-monitoring technologies.
David Mirchin has published a Client Update which analyzes a recent case in the United States on website liability, including a brief comparison to Israeli and EU law, and some suggestions how you can avoid liability.
It used to be that websites had complete immunity in the United States from claims that content posted by third party users was defamatory. In Barnes v. Yahoo!, an important recent case in the 9th Circuit, however, the court held that Yahoo! could be liable for defamatory content posted by a user which they promised to take down, but did not.
The full update is available through the PDF icon.
Technology and Intellectual Property
Meitar partners contribute chapter to “The International Comparative Legal Guide to: International Arbitration 2009″
Dr. Israel (Reli) Leshem, head of Meitar’s Dispute Resolution and Litigation Group, and Ron Peleg, partner in the litigation group, contributed the Israeli chapter in “The International Comparative Legal Guide to: International Arbitration 2009″, A practical insight to cross-border International Arbitration work”. Published by Global Legal Group, London. http://www.iclg.co.uk
The full update is available through the PDF icon.
Dispute Resolution
Meitar attorneys are authors of the Israeli chapter in “The International Comparative Legal Guide to Pharmaceutical Advertising 2009”
Ron Peleg, a partner in the litigation department, and Gilad Schiff contributed the Israeli chapter in “The International Comparative Legal Guide to Pharmaceutical Advertising 2009- A practical insight to cross-border Pharmaceutical Advertising work” published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London. http://www.iclg.co.uk
The full update is available through the PDF icon.
Regulation and Public Policy 
