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Themarker, October / 2022

Not Just Because of the Rare Butterfly: the New Objections to the Neighborhood, which Construction Has Been Already Delayed for 25 Years

The Hadera’s Butterfy Neighborhood construction plan allocates about 60 percent of the neighborhood’s area for open spaces for the “Butterfly Reserve”. For the full article (Hebrew) click here.

Walla News, August / 2022

Ami H. Orkaby from our firm has been appointed as the Dean of the Israeli Consular Corps

Ami H. Orkaby from our firm has been appointed as the Dean of the Israeli Consular Corps! Orkaby, the Honorary Consul of Mongolia and Korea, was chosen for the position after serving 16 years as an honorary consul and given his significant contribution to strengthening Israel’s international relations. For the full article (Hebrew) click here.

Themarker, August / 2022

A crisis in hi-tech? Venture capital funds in the US are on track for the best fundraising year in their history

In the first half of 2022, venture capital funds have raised funds nearly equal to the amounts raised during the full year 2021, and they are about to have a record year in terms of fundraising. How could this happen when everyone is talking about the year of sobriety and value reduction? Shira Azran, a partner in our firm, in an interview with The Marker’s Ruthi Levi, is providing her view of how it happened.
For the full article (Hebrew) click here.

Globes, July / 2022

The lawyers act like publicists, and the media affects Netanyahu’s trial: Attorney Eyal Rosovsky goes on the attack

An exciting article in Globes on Eyal Rosovsky, our firm’s litigation partner and one of the prominent litigation attorneys in Israel, talking about the judicial system, handling major court cases and the link between the firm’s size and the quality of service it provides. Fascinating!
For the full article (Hebrew) click here.

Globes, June / 2022

The Israel Police’s addiction to collecting information on citizens must stop

What is the Hawkeye system of the Israel Police? Why instead of protecting the citizens’ fundamental rights, the authorities put Big Brother Systems in place? All this and more in the Globes’ Opinion Column article by adv. Alon Bachar, a partner in our firm and the former head of Israel’s Privacy Protection Authority. For the full article (Hebrew) click here.

Globes, June / 2022

The lawyer who manages 150 partners: “We define iron principles – and the rest are flexible”

Adv. Danny Geva, a senior partner in our firm, in an interview podcast with Eran Gefen published in Globes on how to negotiate, how to make decisions in a partnership comprising over 150 members, and how Meitar Law became Israel’s biggest and the leading law firm. A fascinating interview. For the full article (Hebrew) click here.

103FM, November / 2021

Mobile location tracking in Israel: “Inaccurate and offensive tool”

Further to the decision of the Coronavirus Cabinet to resume mobile location tracking by the General Security Service (Shin Bet), our firm partner and the former head of the Israeli Privacy Protection Authority, adv. Alon Bachar talked to Anat Davidov and Golan Yochpaz on 103 FM radio.

To listen to the full interview (Hebrew), click here.